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Activity-Dependent Changes in Ion Channel Voltage-Dependence Influence the Activity Patterns Targeted by Neurons

Mondal, Y.; Calabrese, R. L.; Marder, E.

2025-02-10 neuroscience
10.1101/2025.02.05.636744 bioRxiv
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Neurons can maintain stable activity profiles over their lifetimes despite ion channel turnover over minutes to weeks. Neuronal activity is also influenced by regulating the voltage-dependence of ion channels. How do these two forms of plasticity work together to maintain a stable activity profile? We augment a classical model of activity-dependent ion channel density regulation with a mechanism that adjusts channel voltage-dependence based on activity. These findings reveal that the timescale of these mechanisms shape the specific electrical activity patterns that achieve a target activity profile. Moreover, alterations in channel voltage-dependence can impact a neurons ability to recover from perturbations. These results highlight a potentially distinct role for activity-dependent regulation of channel voltage-dependence in maintaining stable neuronal activity profiles.

Published in eLife (predicted rank #2) · training set

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