Effects of increasing CREB on storage and recall processes in a CA1 network (Bianchi et al. 2014)

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Several recent results suggest that boosting the CREB pathway improves hippocampal-dependent memory in healthy rodents and restores this type of memory in an AD mouse model. However, not much is known about how CREB-dependent neuronal alterations in synaptic strength, excitability and LTP can boost memory formation in the complex architecture of a neuronal network. Using a model of a CA1 microcircuit, we investigate whether hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neuron properties altered by increasing CREB activity may contribute to improve memory storage and recall. With a set of patterns presented to a network, we find that the pattern recall quality under AD-like conditions is significantly better when boosting CREB function with respect to control. The results are robust and consistent upon increasing the synaptic damage expected by AD progression, supporting the idea that the use of CREB-based therapies could provide a new approach to treat AD.
Reference:
1 . Bianchi D, De Michele P, Marchetti C, Tirozzi B, Cuomo S, Marie H, Migliore M (2014) Effects of increasing CREB-dependent transcription on the storage and recall processes in a hippocampal CA1 microcircuit. Hippocampus 24:165-77 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Realistic Network;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell; Hippocampus CA1 interneuron oriens alveus GABA cell; Hippocampus CA1 basket cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I A; I K; I M; I h; I K,Ca; I Calcium; I_AHP; I Cl, leak; Ca pump;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; GabaB; AMPA; NMDA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Gaba; Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): STDP; Aging/Alzheimer`s; Depolarization block; Storage/recall; CREB;
Implementer(s): Bianchi, Daniela [danielabianchi12 -at- gmail.com]; De Michele, Pasquale [pasquale.demichele at unina.it];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell; Hippocampus CA1 interneuron oriens alveus GABA cell; GabaA; GabaB; AMPA; NMDA; I Na,t; I A; I K; I M; I h; I K,Ca; I Calcium; I_AHP; I Cl, leak; Ca pump; Gaba; Glutamate;
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COMMENT

Potassium current for the dendrites
ENDCOMMENT
UNITS {
        (mA) = (milliamp)
        (mV) = (millivolt)
}
 
NEURON {
        SUFFIX Kdend
        USEION k READ ek WRITE ik
        RANGE gkdend, ik
        GLOBAL ninf, nexp, ntau
}
 
INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)}
 
PARAMETER {
        v (mV)
        celsius = 24 (degC)
        dt (ms)
        gkdend = .0230 (mho/cm2)
        ek = -100 (mV)
}
 
STATE {
        n 
}
 
ASSIGNED {
        ik (mA/cm2)
        ninf 
	nexp 
	ntau (ms)
}
 
INITIAL {
	n = ninf
}

BREAKPOINT {
        SOLVE states
	ik = gkdend*n*n*n*n*(v - ek)    
}

PROCEDURE states() {	:exact when v held constant
	evaluate_fct(v)
	n = n + nexp*(ninf - n)
	VERBATIM
	return 0;
	ENDVERBATIM 
}
UNITSOFF
PROCEDURE evaluate_fct(v(mV)) {  :Computes rate and other constants at 
		      :current v.
                      :Call once from HOC to initialize inf at resting v.
        LOCAL q10, tinc, alpha, beta
        TABLE ninf, nexp, ntau DEPEND dt, celsius FROM -200 TO 
100 WITH 300
:		q10 = 3^((celsius - 24)/10)
		q10 = 1	: BPG
		tinc = -dt*q10
		alpha = 0.018*vtrap(-(v-20),21)
		beta = 0.0036*vtrap(v-30,12)
		ntau = 1/(alpha + beta)
		ninf = alpha*ntau
		nexp = 1-Exp(tinc/ntau)
}
FUNCTION vtrap(x,y) {	:Traps for 0 in denominator of rate eqns.
		if (fabs(x/y) < 1e-6) {
			vtrap = y*(1 - x/y/2)
		}else{
			vtrap = x/(Exp(x/y) - 1)
		}
}
FUNCTION Exp(x) {
		if (x < -100) {
			Exp = 0
		}else{
			Exp = exp(x)
		}
}
UNITSON