PLASTICITY OF EXCITATORY SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN KITTEN VISUAL-CORTEX DEPENDS ON VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CA2+ CHANNELS BUT NOT ON NMDA RECEPTORS

被引:12
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作者
KOMATSU, Y
机构
[1] Department of Physiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyoku, Kyoto, 602, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji
关键词
LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; EXCITATORY SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; NMDA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; VISUAL CORTEX; DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY;
D O I
10.1016/0168-0102(94)90089-2
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Long-term potentiation (LTP) of excitatory synaptic transmission occurs in in vitro slices of cat and rat visual cortex. Earlier studies suggested that activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NPMDA)-selective glutamate receptors is essential for the induction of LTP. However, our studies on kitten visual cortex demonstrate that LTP induction requires the activation of low-threshold Ca2+ channels in postsynaptic cells but not of NMDA receptors.
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页码:209 / 212
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