Pundir, Arvind Singh and Singh, Utkarsha A and Ahuja, Nikhil and Makhija, Sonal and Dikshit, P C and Radotra, Bishan and Kumar, Praveen and Shankar, S K and Mahadevan, Anita and Roy, T S and Iyengar, Soumya (2016) Growth and refinement of excitatory synapses in the human auditory cortex. Brain Struct Funct, 221 (7). pp. 3641-3674.

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Abstract

We had earlier demonstrated a neurofilament-rich plexus of axons in the presumptive human auditory cortex during fetal development which became adult-like during infancy. To elucidate the origin of these axons, we studied the expression of the vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUT) 1 and 2 in the human auditory cortex at different stages of development. While VGLUT-1 expression predominates in intrinsic and cortico-cortical synapses, VGLUT-2 expression predominates in thalamocortical synapses. Levels of VGLUT-2 mRNA were higher in the auditory cortex before birth compared to postnatal development. In contrast, levels of VGLUT-1 mRNA were low before birth and increased during postnatal development to peak during childhood and then began to decrease in adolescence. Both VGLUT-1 and VGLUT-2 proteins were present in the human auditory cortex as early as 15GW. Further, immunohistochemistry revealed that the supra- and infragranular layers were more immunoreactive for VGLUT-1 compared to that in Layer IV at 34GW and this pattern was maintained until adulthood. As for VGLUT-1 mRNA, VGLUT-1 synapses increased in density between prenatal development and childhood in the human auditory cortex after which they appeared to undergo attrition or pruning. The adult pattern of VGLUT-2 immunoreactivity (a dense band of VGLUT-2-positive terminals in Layer IV) also began to appear in the presumptive Heschl's gyrus at 34GW. The density of VGLUT-2-positive puncta in Layer IV increased between prenatal development and adolescence, followed by a decrease in adulthood, suggesting that thalamic axons which innervate the human auditory cortex undergo pruning comparatively late in development.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Neurodegenerative Disorders Neuro-Oncological Disorders Neurocognitive Processes Neuronal Development and Regeneration Informatics and Imaging Genetics and Molecular Biology
Depositing User:	Dr. D.D. Lal
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2017 05:59
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2021 06:51
URI:	http://nbrc.sciencecentral.in/id/eprint/217

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