Immature morphology of adult-born granule cells alters responsiveness and excitability in a multi-compartmental conductance-based model

The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is emerging as a focal target in pattern separation and completion in recent years. Adult neurogenesis in the subgranular zone further provides a unique developmental advantage to this region by supporting the regional activity of newborn granule cells, when requ...

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Main Authors: Bahar Sert, Pinar Oz
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Language:English
Published: Tunç ÇATAL 2025-07-01
Series:The European Chemistry and Biotechnology Journal
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description The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is emerging as a focal target in pattern separation and completion in recent years. Adult neurogenesis in the subgranular zone further provides a unique developmental advantage to this region by supporting the regional activity of newborn granule cells, when required. The contribution of adult-born granule cells (AdB GCs) to the local circuits can be attributed to their differences from embryonic-born mature GCs in terms of their morphological and biophysical characteristics. AdB GCs are highly excitable cells that show sparse activity. In this study, our focus was on how the morphological distinction of early AdB GCs from mature GCs affects their responsiveness. The reduced multi-compartmental conductance-based models are designed on Python environment with Brian2 module with simple Hodgkin-Huxley type Na and K conductances. Our results indicate that the early morphology of AdB GCs is optimized for faster action potential kinetics and higher excitability compared to mature GCs, even without any biophysical differences.
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spelling doaj-art-a3270b13693d4463a55a78b33dff2a282025-08-20T03:13:44ZengTunç ÇATALThe European Chemistry and Biotechnology Journal3023-58392025-07-014536810.62063/ecb-5757Immature morphology of adult-born granule cells alters responsiveness and excitability in a multi-compartmental conductance-based modelBahar Sert0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3806-9791Pinar Oz1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6006-9921Üsküdar University Üsküdar UniversityThe dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is emerging as a focal target in pattern separation and completion in recent years. Adult neurogenesis in the subgranular zone further provides a unique developmental advantage to this region by supporting the regional activity of newborn granule cells, when required. The contribution of adult-born granule cells (AdB GCs) to the local circuits can be attributed to their differences from embryonic-born mature GCs in terms of their morphological and biophysical characteristics. AdB GCs are highly excitable cells that show sparse activity. In this study, our focus was on how the morphological distinction of early AdB GCs from mature GCs affects their responsiveness. The reduced multi-compartmental conductance-based models are designed on Python environment with Brian2 module with simple Hodgkin-Huxley type Na and K conductances. Our results indicate that the early morphology of AdB GCs is optimized for faster action potential kinetics and higher excitability compared to mature GCs, even without any biophysical differences.https://euchembioj.com/index.php/pub/article/view/57adult-born granule cellsmature granule cellscomputational models of granule cellsmorphologyneural dynamics
spellingShingle Bahar Sert
Pinar Oz
Immature morphology of adult-born granule cells alters responsiveness and excitability in a multi-compartmental conductance-based model
The European Chemistry and Biotechnology Journal
adult-born granule cells
mature granule cells
computational models of granule cells
morphology
neural dynamics
title Immature morphology of adult-born granule cells alters responsiveness and excitability in a multi-compartmental conductance-based model
title_full Immature morphology of adult-born granule cells alters responsiveness and excitability in a multi-compartmental conductance-based model
title_fullStr Immature morphology of adult-born granule cells alters responsiveness and excitability in a multi-compartmental conductance-based model
title_full_unstemmed Immature morphology of adult-born granule cells alters responsiveness and excitability in a multi-compartmental conductance-based model
title_short Immature morphology of adult-born granule cells alters responsiveness and excitability in a multi-compartmental conductance-based model
title_sort immature morphology of adult born granule cells alters responsiveness and excitability in a multi compartmental conductance based model
topic adult-born granule cells
mature granule cells
computational models of granule cells
morphology
neural dynamics
url https://euchembioj.com/index.php/pub/article/view/57
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