Metaplastic LTP inhibition after LTD induction in CA1 hippocampal slices involves NMDA receptor-mediated neurosteroidogenesis

Physiological Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Izumi, Yukitoshi ^a   O'dell, Kazuko A ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Finasteride; Long term depression; Metaplasticity; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; FINASTERIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PICROTOXIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING AND MEMORY TEST; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SCHAFFER COLLATERAL PATHWAY; STRATUM RADIATUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85009102979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.133     Document Type: Article

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