Opioid receptor-dependent sex differences in synaptic plasticity in the hippocampal mossy fiber pathway of the adult rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1723-1738

  Harte Hargrove, Lauren C ^a,b   Varga Wesson, Ada ^a   Duffy, Aine M ^a,b   Milner, Teresa A ^c,d   Scharfman, Helen E ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area CA3; Estrous cycle; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Opiate; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLORNITHYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2, 7 DISULFIDE; ESTRADIOL; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SACLOFEN; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; PHENYLALANYL-CYCLO(CYSTEINYLTYROSYL-TRYPTOPHYL-ORNITHYL-THREONYL-PENICILLAMINE)THREONINAMIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIESTRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; DENDRITIC SPINES; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84921916873     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0820-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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