ENDOGENOUS ADENOSINE MODULATES LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS
ENDOGENOUS ADENOSINE MODULATES LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS
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DOI:
10.1016/0306-4522(94)90373-5
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发表时间:
1994-09-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
RIBEIRO, JA
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DEMENDONCA, A;RIBEIRO, JA
The effect of endogenous adenosine on frequency-induced long-term potentiation of the responses evoked by stimulation of the Schaffer fibres and recorded in the CA1 area was studied in hippocampal slices of the rat. Long-term potentiation was facilitated in the presence of the selective A(1) adenosine receptor antagonist, 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine (10-20 nM), and was reduced in the presence of the adenosine uptake blocker, nitrobenzylthioinosine (5 mu M), suggesting that endogenous adenosine exerted a tonic inhibitory role on long-term potentiation, which was mediated through adenosine A(1) receptors. We also found that long-term potentiation was increased in the presence of the selective A(2) receptor agonist, CGS 21680 (30 nM), suggesting that the activation of adenosine A(2) receptors may have excitatory effects on long-term potentiation.We suggest that, endogenous adenosine is able to modulate mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, such as long-term potentiation, in the hippocampus.