scholarly journals Long-term Potentiation of Perforant Pathway-dentate Gyrus Synapse in Freely Behaving Mice

10.3791/50642 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Harry Blaise
Keyword(s):  
Dentate Gyrus ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Perforant Pathway ◽  
Term Potentiation ◽  
Freely Behaving

scholarly journals Intracerebroventricular injection of oxidant and antioxidant molecules affects long-term potentiation in urethane anaesthetized rats

2008 ◽  
pp. 269-273
Author(s):  
A Viggiano ◽  
E Viggiano ◽  
M Monda ◽  
A Viggiano ◽  
S Ascione ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Dentate Gyrus ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
High Frequency Stimulation ◽  
Perforant Pathway ◽  
Term Potentiation ◽  
Stimulation Of

Production of superoxide anions in the incubation medium of hippocampal slices can induce long-term potentiation (LTP). Other reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydrogen peroxide are able to modulate LTP and are likely to be involved in aging mechanisms. The present study explored whether intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of oxidant or antioxidant molecules could affect LTP in vivo. With this aim in mind, field excitatory post-synaptic potentials (fEPSPs) elicited by stimulation of the perforant pathway were recorded in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampal formation in urethane-anesthetized rats. N-acetyl-Lcysteine, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or hypoxanthine/xanthineoxidase solution (a superoxide producing system) were administrated by ICV injection. The control was represented by a group injected with saline ICV. Ten minutes after the injection, LTP was induced in the granule cells of the dentate gyrus by high frequency stimulation of the perforant pathway. Neither the H2O2 injection or the N-acetyl-L-cysteine injection caused any variation in the fEPSP at the 10-min post-injection time point, whereas the superoxide generating system caused a significant increase in the fEPSP. Moreover, at 60 min after tetanic stimulation, all treatments attenuated LTP compared with the control group. These results show that ICV administration of oxidant or antioxidant molecules can modulate LTP in vivo in the dentate gyrus. Particularly, a superoxide producing system can induce potentiation of the synaptic response. Interestingly, ICV injection of oxidants or antioxidants prevented a full expression of LTP compared to the saline injection.

scholarly journals A ketogenic diet reduces long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus of freely behaving rats

2011 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 662-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Koranda ◽  
David N. Ruskin ◽  
Susan A. Masino ◽  
J. Harry Blaise
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Plasticity ◽  
Dentate Gyrus ◽  
Ketogenic Diet ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Ketogenic Diets ◽  
Neuronal Inhibition ◽  
Term Potentiation ◽  
Freely Behaving

Ketogenic diets are very low in carbohydrates and can reduce epileptic seizures significantly. This dietary therapy is particularly effective in pediatric and drug-resistant epilepsy. Hypothesized anticonvulsant mechanisms of ketogenic diets focus on increased inhibition and/or decreased excitability/excitation. Either of these consequences might not only reduce seizures, but also could affect normal brain function and synaptic plasticity. Here, we characterized effects of a ketogenic diet on hippocampal long-term potentiation, a widely studied form of synaptic plasticity. Adult male rats were placed on a control or ketogenic diet for 3 wk before recording. To maintain the most physiological conditions possible, we assessed synaptic transmission and plasticity using chronic in vivo recordings in freely behaving animals. Rats underwent stereotaxic surgery to chronically implant a recording electrode in the hippocampal dentate gyrus and a stimulating electrode in the perforant path; they recovered for 1 wk. After habituation and stable baseline recording, 5-Hz theta-burst stimulation was delivered to induce long-term potentiation. All animals showed successful plasticity, demonstrating that potentiation was not blocked by the ketogenic diet. Compared with rats fed a control diet, rats fed a ketogenic diet demonstrated significantly diminished long-term potentiation. This decreased potentiation lasted for at least 48 h. Reduced potentiation in ketogenic diet-fed rats is consistent with a general increase in neuronal inhibition (or decrease in excitability) and decreased seizure susceptibility. A better understanding of the effects of ketogenic diets on synaptic plasticity and learning is important, as diet-based therapy is often prescribed to children with epilepsy.

Spine formation pattern of new neurons is modulated by induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in adult dentate gyrus

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. S83
Author(s):  
Noriaki Ohkawa ◽  
Yoshito Saitoh ◽  
Eri Tokunaga ◽  
Toshio Kitamura ◽  
Kaoru Inokuchi
Keyword(s):  
Dentate Gyrus ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Spine Formation ◽  
Term Potentiation ◽  
Formation Pattern
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