Increased resting and evoked release of transmitter following repetitive electrical tetanization in hippocampus: a biochemical correlate to long-lasting synaptic potentiation - PubMed (original) (raw)

Increased resting and evoked release of transmitter following repetitive electrical tetanization in hippocampus: a biochemical correlate to long-lasting synaptic potentiation

K K Skrede et al. Brain Res. 1981.

Abstract

In vitro stimulation of two axonal branches from hippocampal CA3 pyramids, the CA1 afferent Schaffer collaterals and the CA3 efferents to septum through fimbria, released D-[3H]aspartate as a measure for endogenous L-glutamate. Following bursts of repetitive electrical stimuli to the Schaffer collaterals, a long-lasting and significantly increased resting efflux, as well as an increased stimulus evoked release of D-aspartate, appeared. No such persistent increase in D-aspartate efflux was recorded from the septal terminals. We propose that increased transmitter liberation may account for long-term synaptic potentiation in hippocampus.

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