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Postsynaptic spines at CA3-CA1 synapses differ in glutamate receptor composition according to the hemispheric origin of CA3 afferents. To study the functional consequences of this asymmetry, we used optogenetic tools to selectively stimulate axons of CA3 pyramidal cells originating in either left or right mouse hippocampus. We found that left CA3 input produced more long-term potentiation at CA1 synapses than right CA3 input as a result of differential expression of GluN2B subunit–containing NMDA receptors.
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13 October 2011
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The authors would like to thank D. Paterson for providing surgery facilities, and D. Kätzel and L. Upton for help with immunohistochemistry. This research was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Wellcome Trust (OXION Initiative). An equipment grant from the EPA Cephalosporin Fund is gratefully acknowledged.
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M.M.K. conducted the experiments and analyzed the data. O.A.S. contributed recordings. M.M.K. and R.M.D. injected the animals. J.N.P.R. provided advice on the project. K.D. designed and cloned the AAV DIO ChR2-YFP vector. M.M.K. and O.P. designed the experiments. M.M.K., O.A.S. and O.P. wrote the manuscript.
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Kohl, M., Shipton, O., Deacon, R. et al. Hemisphere-specific optogenetic stimulation reveals left-right asymmetry of hippocampal plasticity. Nat Neurosci 14, 1413–1415 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2915
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