FK506, a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase inhibitor, inhibits the induction of long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-106

  Lu, Yun Fei ^a   Hayashi, Yasushi ^b   Moriwaki, Akiyoshi ^a   Tomizawa, Kazuhito ^a   Matsui, Hideki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Fiber volley; FK506; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Paired pulse facilitation; Protein phosphatase; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCINEURIN; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCINEURIN; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0029670844     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12384-3     Document Type: Article

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