| Literature DB >> 1833033 |
N L Desmond1, C M Colbert, D X Zhang, W B Levy.
Abstract
The present study tested the effect of two non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonists, ketamine and phencyclidine, on the induction of long-term depression (LTD) in the dentate gyrus of urethane-anesthetized rats. Both drugs blocked the induction of LTD as well as long-term potentiation (LTP). NMDA receptor activation thus seems to be required for the induction of both LTD and LTP in the dentate gyrus. High-intensity conditioning stimulation did not overcome the phencyclidine block of LTD. Strong, but brief, postsynaptic depolarization is apparently not the only event needed to trigger LTD.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1833033 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(91)90664-h
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252