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Spatial analysis of spike‐timing‐dependent LTP and LTD in the CA1 area of hippocampal slices using optical imaging
Author(s) -
Tsukada Minoru,
Aihara Takeshi,
Kobayashi Yuki,
Shimazaki Hideaki
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
hippocampus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1098-1063
pISSN - 1050-9631
DOI - 10.1002/hipo.20035
Subject(s) - long term potentiation , schaffer collateral , hippocampal formation , neuroscience , bicuculline , hippocampus , ltp induction , chemistry , gabaa receptor , excitatory postsynaptic potential , psychology , receptor , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , biochemistry
Spike‐timing‐dependent long‐term potentiation (LTP) and long‐term depression (LTD) were investigated in the CA1 area of hippocampal slices using optical imaging. A pair of electrical pulses were used to stimulate the Schaffer‐commissural collateral and the stratum oriens with various sets of relative timing (τ) between the two stimuli. These sets of paired pulses gave rise to LTP/LTD, whose induction was closely related to τ, and their profiles were classified into two types depending on their layer specific location along the dendrite. One was characterized by a symmetric time window observed in the proximal region of the stratum radiatum (SR) and the other by an asymmetric time window in the distal region of the SR. Bath application of bicuculline (γ‐aminobutyric acid [GABA] receptor antagonist) to hippocampal slices revealed that GABAergic interneuron projections were responsible for the symmetry of a time window. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.