ECONAZOLE, A BLOCKER OF CA2+ INFLUX, SELECTIVELY SUPPRESSES LTP OF EPSPS IN HIPPOCAMPAL SLICES

被引:5
作者
FORGHANI, R [1 ]
KRNJEVIC, K [1 ]
机构
[1] MCGILL UNIV,MCINTYRE CTR 1208,ANAESTHESIA RES DEPT,MONTREAL,PQ H3G 1Y6,CANADA
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
RAT; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; CA1 POPULATION SPIKES; CA RELEASE-ACTIVATED CA CURRENT;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(95)11838-N
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Econazole - an agent that suppresses Ca2+ influx triggered by depletion of internal Ca-stores in non-excitable cells - was bath-applied to submerged slices from Sprague-Dawley rats. Econazole (15-20 mu M) had no consistent effect on afferent volleys, EPSPs or population spikes; but in seven out of nine slices, it prevented the induction of tetanic long-term potentiation (LTP) of field EPSPs. By contrast, all slices showed a marked LTP of population spikes. Ca2+ influx induced by tetanic depletion of Ca2+ stores may be essential for LTP of excitatory synaptic transmission.
引用
收藏
页码:122 / 124
页数:3
相关论文
共 20 条
[1]   LONG-TERM POTENTIATION INVOLVES ENHANCED SYNAPTIC EXCITATION RELATIVE TO SYNAPTIC INHIBITION IN GUINEA-PIG HIPPOCAMPUS [J].
ABRAHAM, WC ;
GUSTAFSSON, B ;
WIGSTROM, H .
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, 1987, 394 :367-380
[2]  
ALVAREZ J, 1992, J BIOL CHEM, V267, P11789
[3]  
ANDERSEN P, 1980, J PHYSIOL-LONDON, V302, P463
[4]  
BARNES CA, 1994, J NEUROSCI, V14, P5793
[5]   A SYNAPTIC MODEL OF MEMORY - LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS [J].
BLISS, TVP ;
COLLINGRIDGE, GL .
NATURE, 1993, 361 (6407) :31-39
[6]  
CHAVEZNORIEGA LE, 1990, EXP BRAIN RES, V79, P633
[7]   THE EPSP-SPIKE (E-S) COMPONENT OF LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE IS MODULATED BY GABAERGIC BUT NOT CHOLINERGIC MECHANISMS [J].
CHAVEZNORIEGA, LE ;
BLISS, TVP ;
HALLIWELL, JV .
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS, 1989, 104 (1-2) :58-64
[8]  
DAVIS S, 1992, J NEUROSCI, V12, P21
[9]   ADENOSINE ANTAGONISTS HAVE DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS ON INDUCTION OF LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN HIPPOCAMPAL SLICES [J].
FORGHANI, R ;
KRNJEVIC, K .
HIPPOCAMPUS, 1995, 5 (01) :71-77
[10]  
FORGHANI R, 1994, PHYSL CANADA, V25, P99