Effects of sub-chronic lithium treatment on synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus of rat hippocampal slices

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-347

  Shim, Seong S ^a,b   Hammonds, Micheal D ^b   Ganocy, Stephen J ^a   Calabrese, Joseph R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Dentate gyrus; Lithium; Long term potentiation; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33846850182     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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