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Neuronal NT-3 is not required for synaptic transmission or long-term potentiation in area CA1 of the adult rat hippocampus.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Ma, Long Reis, Giuliano Schuman, Erin M. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | Neurotrophic factors, including BDNF and NT-3, have been implicated in the regulation of synaptic transmission and plasticity. Previous attempts to analyze synaptic transmission and plasticity in mice lacking the NT-3 gene have been hampered by the early death of the NT-3 homozygous knockout animals. We have bypassed this problem by examining synaptic transmission in mice in which the NT-3 gene is deleted in neurons later in development, by crossing animals expressing the CRE recombinase driven by the synapsin I promoter to animals in which the NT-3 gene is floxed. We conducted blind field potential recordings at the Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapse in hippocampal slices from homozygous knockout and wild-type mice. We examined the following indices of synaptic transmission: (1) input-output relationship; (2) paired-pulse facilitation; (3) post-tetanic potentiation; and (4) long-term potentiation: induced by two different protocols: (a) two trains of 100-Hz stimulation and (b) theta burst stimulation. We found no difference between the knockout and wild-type mice in any of the above measurements. These results suggest that neuronal NT-3 does not play an essential role in normal synaptic transmission and some forms of plasticity in the mouse hippocampus. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://learnmem.cshlp.org/content/6/3/267.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 10492008v1 |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Journal | Learning & memory |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor CA1 field Deletion (action) Homozygote Long-Term Potentiation Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses Protocols documentation Synapsins chemosensitization/potentiation facilitation modulation of synaptic transmission recombinase |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |