Hippocampal homosynaptic long-term depression/depotentiation induced by adrenal steroids
NeurosciencePublished 1 September 1995
Constantine Pavlides, Akihisa Kimura, Adrianov Os, Bruce S. McEwen
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In a number of experiments long-term potentiation could still be induced after RU 28362 administration, even after long- term depression/depotentiation had been established, so stimulation at the higher frequencies was necessary.
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The effects of adrenal steroids on synaptic plasticity were investigated in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. Experiments were performed in either adrenalectomized or intact (non-adrenalectomized), anesthetized rats. High-frequency stimulation was applied to the medial perforant pathway at three different frequencies; 100, 200 or 400 Hz, either post- or pre- and post-administration of the specific Type-II adrenal steroid receptor agonist RU 28362. High-frequency stimulation prior to RU 28362 administration produced a frequency-dependent long-term potentiation of the population spike, with 100 Hz showing no long-term potentiation and 400 Hz the highest degree of potentiation. In contrast, following administration of RU 28362, high-frequency stimulation produced a long-term depression (in comparison to baseline). In the experiments in which high-frequency stimulation was applied both pre- and post-RU 28362 administration, the size of the population spike was initially potentiated and then depotentiated after the RU 28362 injection. This effect was also frequency dependent, although opposite to the long-term potentiation effect. That is, 400 Hz was the least effective frequency for inducing long-term depression/depotentiation, while 100 Hz was the most effective. Long-term depression/depotentiation was immediate following high-frequency stimulation and lasted for the extent of the recording session, in some cases longer than 1 h. Similar to the finding reported in the accompanying paper, induction of long-term potentiation was substantially suppressed by RU 28362. However, in a number of experiments long-term potentiation could still be induced after RU 28362 administration, even after long-term depression/depotentiation had been established. In these cases, stimulation at the higher frequencies was necessary.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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