| Literature DB >> 26286993 |
Paul James Banks1, Amelia Caroline Burroughs1, Gareth Robert Isaac Barker1, Jon Thomas Brown2, Elizabeth Clea Warburton1, Zafar Iqbal Bashir3.
Abstract
Functional connectivity between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex (PFC) is essential for associative recognition memory and working memory. Disruption of hippocampal-PFC synchrony occurs in schizophrenia, which is characterized by hypofunction of NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-mediated transmission. We demonstrate that activity of dopamine D2-like receptors (D2Rs) leads selectively to long-term depression (LTD) of hippocampal-PFC NMDAR-mediated synaptic transmission. We show that dopamine-dependent LTD of NMDAR-mediated transmission profoundly disrupts normal synaptic transmission between hippocampus and PFC. These results show how dopaminergic activation induces long-term hypofunction of NMDARs, which can contribute to disordered functional connectivity, a characteristic that is a hallmark of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.Entities:
Keywords: D2R; NMDA receptor hypofunction; long-term depression; medial prefrontal cortex; schizophrenia
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26286993 PMCID: PMC4568284 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1512064112
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205