Steroid pregnenolone sulfate enhances NMDA-receptor-independent long-term potentiation at hippocampal CA1 synapses: Role for L-type calcium channels and sigma-receptors

Hippocampus

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 349-369

  Sabeti, Jilla ^a   Nelson, Thomas E ^a   Purdy, Robert H ^a   Gruol, Donna L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; LTP; Neuroactive steroids; NMDA receptors; Synaptic plasticity; Voltage gated Ca2+ channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; SIGMA OPIATE RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, SIGMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34249944258     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20273     Document Type: Article

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