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@ARTICLE{Lu:1020020,
author = {Lu, Han and Diaz, Sandra and Lenz, Maximilian and Vlachos,
Andreas},
title = {{I}nterplay between homeostatic synaptic scaling and
homeostatic structural plasticity maintains the robust
firing rate of neural networks},
journal = {eLife},
volume = {12},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-05835},
pages = {RP88376},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Critical network states and neural plasticity are essential
for flexible behavior in an ever-changing environment, which
allows for efficient information processing and
experience-based learning. Synaptic-weight-based Hebbian
plasticity and homeostatic synaptic scaling were considered
the key players in enabling memory while stabilizing network
dynamics. However, spine-number-based structural plasticity
is not consistently reported as a homeostatic mechanism,
leading to an insufficient under-standing of its functional
impact. Here, we combined live-cell microscopy of
eGPF-tagged neurons in organotypic entorhinal-hippocampal
tissue cultures and computational modeling to study the
re-sponse of structural plasticity under activity
perturbations and its interplay with homeostatic synaptic
scaling. By following individual dendritic segments, we
demonstrated that the inhibition of excitatory
neurotransmission did not linearly regulate dendritic spine
density: Inhibition of AMPA receptors with a low
concentration of
2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoyl-benzo[f]quinoxaline (NBQX, 200
nM) sig-nificantly increased the spine density while
complete blockade of AMPA receptors with 50 µM NBQX reduced
spine density. Motivated by these results, we established
network simulations in which a biphasic structural
plasticity rule governs the activity-dependent formation of
synapses. We showed that this bi-phasic rule maintained
neural activity homeostasis upon stimulation and permitted
both synapse formation and synapse loss, depending on the
degree of activity deprivation. Homeostatic synaptic scaling
affected the recurrent connectivity, modulated the network
activity, and influenced the outcome of structural
plasticity. It reduced stimulation-triggered homeostatic
synapse loss by downscaling synaptic weights; meanwhile, it
rescued silencing-induced synapse degeneration by
am-plifying recurrent inputs via upscaling to reactivate
silent neurons. Their interplay explains divergent results
obtained in varied experimental settings. In summary,
calcium-based synaptic scaling and homeostatic structural
plasticity rules compete and compensate one another other to
achieve an eco-nomical and robust control of firing rate
homeostasis.},
cin = {JSC},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs
(SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511) / HBP SGA3 - Human
Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 3 (945539) / DFG
project G:(GEPRIS)491111487 - Open-Access-Publikationskosten
/ 2025 - 2027 / Forschungszentrum Jülich (OAPKFZJ)
(491111487) / SLNS - SimLab Neuroscience (Helmholtz-SLNS) /
ICEI - Interactive Computing E-Infrastructure for the Human
Brain Project (800858)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111 / G:(EU-Grant)945539 /
G:(GEPRIS)491111487 / G:(DE-Juel1)Helmholtz-SLNS /
G:(EU-Grant)800858},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.7554/eLife.88376.1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1020020},
}