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NEURON
Volume 99, Issue 5, Pages 969-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.07.030
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- ARCS Foundation
- NIH [DA035913]
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Neuromodulators are important regulators of synaptic transmission throughout the brain. At the presynaptic terminal, neuromodulation of calcium channels (CaVs) can affect transmission not only by changing neurotransmitter release probability, but also by shaping short-term plasticity (STP). Indeed, changes in STP are often considered a requirement for defining a presynaptic site of action. Nevertheless, some synapses exhibit non-canonical forms of neuromodulation, where release probability is altered without a corresponding change in STP. Here, we identify biophysical mechanisms whereby both canonical and non-canonical presynaptic neuromodulation can occur at the same synapse. At a subset of glutamatergic terminals in prefrontal cortex, GABA(B) and D1/D5 dopamine receptors suppress release probability with and without canonical increases in short-term facilitation by modulating different aspects of presynaptic CaV function. These findings establish a framework whereby signaling from multiple neuromodulators can converge on presynaptic CaVs to differentially tune release dynamics at the same synapse.
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