Martijn Sierksma

Martijn Sierksma
Erasmus MC | Erasmus MC · Department of Neuroscience

PhD

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June 2020 - October 2023
Erasmus MC
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June 2018 - May 2020
Institut de la Vision
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January 2018 - May 2018
Institut de la Vision
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Publications (17)
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Significance During high-frequency firing, the shape of a presynaptic action potential (AP) can alter, thereby changing neurotransmitter release. In this paper, we describe how a giant terminal in the brainstem of newborn rats called the calyx of Held can fire in vivo at high frequencies without substantial AP depression. The underlying mechanism w...
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Key points During development the giant, auditory calyx of Held forms a one‐to‐one connection with a principal neuron of the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body. While anatomical studies described that most of the target cells are temporarily contacted by multiple calyces, multi‐calyceal innervation was only sporadically observed in in vivo record...
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Axonal arbors in many neuronal networks are exuberant early during development and become refined by activity-dependent competitive mechanisms. Theoretical work proposed non-competitive interactions between co-active axons to co-stabilize their connections, but the demonstration of such interactions is lacking. Here, we provide experimental evidenc...
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The action potential of most vertebrate neurons initiates in the axon initial segment (AIS), and is then transmitted to the soma where it is regenerated by somatodendritic sodium channels. For successful transmission, the AIS must produce a strong axial current, so as to depolarize the soma to the threshold for somatic regeneration. Theoretically,...
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Having two ears enables us to localize sound sources by exploiting interaural time differences (ITDs) in sound arrival. Principal neurons of the medial superior olive (MSO) are sensitive to ITD, and each MSO neuron responds optimally to a best ITD (bITD). In many cells, especially those tuned to low sound frequencies, these bITDs correspond to ITDs...
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Having two ears enables us to localize sound sources by exploiting interaural time differences (ITDs) in sound arrival. Principal neurons of the medial superior olive (MSO) are sensitive to ITD, and each MSO neuron responds optimally to a best ITD (bITD). In many cells, especially those tuned to low sound frequencies, these bITDs correspond to ITDs...
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At synapses, the pre- and postsynaptic cells get so close that currents entering the cleft do not flow exclusively along its conductance, gcl. A prominent example is found in the calyx of Held synapse in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB), where the presynaptic action potential can be recorded in the postsynaptic cell in the form of a...
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At synapses, the pre- and postsynaptic cell get so close that currents entering the cleft do not flow exclusively along its conductance, g cl . A prominent example is found in the calyx of Held synapse in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB), where the presynaptic action potential can be recorded in the postsynaptic cell in the form of a...
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Axonal arbors in many neuronal networks are exuberant early during development and become refined by activity-dependent competitive mechanisms. Theoretical work proposed non-competitive interactions between co-active axons to co-stabilize their connections, but the demonstration of such interactions is lacking. Here, we provide experimental evidenc...
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The action potential of most vertebrate neurons initiates in the axon initial segment (AIS), and is then transmitted to the soma where it is regenerated by somatodendritic sodium channels. For successful transmission, the AIS must produce a strong axial current, so as to depolarize the soma to the threshold for somatic regeneration. Theoretically,...
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Data collector(s): Sierksma, Martijn C.; Goethals, Sarah Other(s): Nicol, Xavier; Réaux-Le Goazigo Project leader(s): Brette, Romain Patch-clamp recordings in mouse retinal ganglion cells performed by Martijn Sierksma. It comprises axial currents recorded in voltage clamp, spontaneous activity and the response to current pulses. The cells were fil...
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In adult rodents, a principal neuron in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid (MNTB) is generally contacted by a single, giant axosomatic terminal called the calyx of Held. How this one-on-one relation is established is still unknown, but anatomical evidence suggests that during development principal neurons are innervated by multiple calyces, which...
Conference Paper
Each principal neuron in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body of the auditory brainstem is typically contacted by a single calyx of Held which covers up to 50% of its somatic surface. The action potentials of this giant terminal can be readily picked up during whole-cell recordings of a principal neuron, and these so-called prespikes have been...
Thesis
The formation of synapses is a critical step in the development of the brain. During this developmental stage neural activity propagates across the brain from synapse to synapse. This activity is thought to instruct the precise, topological connectivity found in the sensory central nervous system. In the General Introduction some possible hypothese...
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The formation of synapses is a critical step in the development of the brain. During this developmental stage neural activity propagates across the brain from synapse to synapse. This activity is thought to instruct the precise, topological connectivity found in the sensory central nervous system. In the General Introduction some possible hypothese...
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Key points: Neurons in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body of anaesthetized rats of postnatal day (P)2-6 showed burst firing with a preferred interval of about 100 ms, which was stable, and a second preferred interval of 5-30 ms, which shortened during development. In 3 out of 132 cases, evidence for the presence of two large inputs was found...
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Brain function and behavior undergo significant plasticity and refinement, particularly during specific critical and sensitive periods. In autistic and intellectual disability (ID) neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) and their corresponding genetic mouse models, impairments in many neuronal and behavioral phenotypes are temporally regulated and in...

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