| Literature DB >> 22101180 |
Jonah J Scott-McKean1, Alberto C S Costa.
Abstract
The Ts65Dn mouse is the best-studied animal model for Down syndrome. In the experiments described here, NMDA-mediated or mGluR-mediated LTD was induced in the CA1 region of hippocampal slices from Ts65Dn and euploid control mice by bath application of 20 µM NMDA for 3 min and 50 µM DHPG for 5 min, respectively. We found that Ts65Dn mice display exaggerated NMDA-induced, but not mGluR-induced, LTD in the CA1 region of the hippocampus compared with euploid control animals. In addition, this abnormal level of LTD can be pharmacologically rescued by the NMDA receptor antagonist memantine.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22101180 PMCID: PMC3222894 DOI: 10.1101/lm.024182.111
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Learn Mem ISSN: 1072-0502 Impact factor: 2.460