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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
The frequency-dependent long-term modifications of pharmacologically isolated N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSPNMDA) was studied. Intracellular recordings were obtained from CA1 cells of rat hippocampal slices and in the presence of 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (10 microM) and bicuculline (20 microM) which block non-NMDA and GABAA receptors, respectively. Low-frequency stimulation at 5 Hz resulted in a long-term depression (LTD) of EPSPNMDA in 12 of 17 cells. However, when the stimulus frequency was increased to 30 Hz, a long-term potentiation (LTP) of EPSPNMDA was observed in 7 out of 9 cells. The LTD was not affected by pretreating the slices with okadaic acid (0.5-1 microM) suggesting that activation of endogenous protein phosphatase is not responsible for this process. In the presence of L-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid (50 microM) or (RS)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (200 microM), 5 Hz tetanization resulted in LTP instead of LTD. These results suggest that activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) is necessary for the induction of EPSPNMDA LTD and blockade of mGluR unmasks a LTP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
185
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
The involvement of metabotropic glutamate receptors in long-term depression of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated synaptic potential in the rat hippocampus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't