Acute stress impairs (or induces) synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) but does not affect paired-pulse facilitation in the stratum radiatum of rat hippocampus
✍ Scribed by Tracey J. Shors; Richard F. Thompson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 441 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-4476
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✦ Synopsis
Rats were exposed to restraint coupled with 60, 1-sec, 1-mA, 60-Hz tail shocks. One hippocampus was immediately dissected for in vitro measurement of pairedpulse facilitation and LTP of the excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) recording from the stratum radiatum of field CA1. There was no change in paired-pulse facilitation, suggesting that acute exposure t o the stressor does not result in a decrease in presynaptic neurotransmitter release. There was, however, a significant decrease in the percent LTP produced by theta burst stimulation relative to naive controls. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the stress-induced impairment of LTP is a result of changes in the postsynaptic glutamate receptors, specifically the AMPA type.