Spreading Depression Enhances Human Neocortical Excitability in vitro

Cephalalgia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 558-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Berger ◽  
E-J Speckmann ◽  
HC Pape ◽  
A Gorji
Keyword(s):  
Migraine With Aura ◽  
Epilepsy Surgery ◽  
Cortical Spreading Depression ◽  
Spreading Depression ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Human Cortex ◽  
The Third ◽  
Term Potentiation

Cortical spreading depression (CSD) plays a role in migraine with aura. However, studies of the neuronal effects of CSD in human cortex are scarce. Therefore, in the present study, the effects of CSD on the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSP) and the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) were investigated in human neocortical slices obtained during epilepsy surgery. CSD significantly enhanced the amplitude of fEPSP following a transient suppressive period and increased the induction of LTP in the third layer of neocortical tissues. These results indicate that CSD facilitates synaptic excitability and efficacy in human neocortical tissues, which can be assumed to contribute to hyperexcitability of neocortical tissues in patients suffering from migraine.

scholarly journals Long-Term Potentiation Enhanced in Juvenile Rat by Repetitive Cortical Spreading Depression

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
Milad Ahmadi ◽  
Mehrnaz Banazadeh Dardashti ◽  
Mostafa Modarres Mousavi ◽  
Fariba Karimzadeh ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cortical Spreading Depression ◽  
Spreading Depression ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Term Potentiation

Neuroprotective properties of mitochondria-targeted antioxidants of the SkQ-type

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 849-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nickolay K. Isaev ◽  
Elena V. Stelmashook ◽  
Elisaveta E. Genrikhs ◽  
Galina A. Korshunova ◽  
Natalya V. Sumbatyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Brain Area ◽  
Hippocampal Slices ◽  
Amyloid Β ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Term Potentiation ◽  
Neuroprotective Action

AbstractIn 2008, using a model of compression brain ischemia, we presented the first evidence that mitochondria-targeted antioxidants of the SkQ family, i.e. SkQR1 [10-(6′-plastoquinonyl)decylrhodamine], have a neuroprotective action. It was shown that intraperitoneal injections of SkQR1 (0.5–1 μmol/kg) 1 day before ischemia significantly decreased the damaged brain area. Later, we studied in more detail the anti-ischemic action of this antioxidant in a model of experimental focal ischemia provoked by unilateral intravascular occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. The neuroprotective action of SkQ family compounds (SkQR1, SkQ1, SkQTR1, SkQT1) was manifested through the decrease in trauma-induced neurological deficit in animals and prevention of amyloid-β-induced impairment of long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal slices. At present, most neurophysiologists suppose that long-term potentiation underlies cellular mechanisms of memory and learning. They consider inhibition of this process by amyloid-β1-42as anin vitromodel of memory disturbance in Alzheimer’s disease. Further development of the above studies revealed that mitochondria-targeted antioxidants could retard accumulation of hyperphosphorylated τ-protein, as well as amyloid-β1-42, and its precursor APP in the brain, which are involved in developing neurodegenerative processes in Alzheimer’s disease.

Enhancement of Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation in Vitro by Fucosyl-Carbohydrates

1997 ◽  
pp. 905-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Matthies ◽  
S. Staak ◽  
K. H. Smalla ◽  
M. Krug
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Term Potentiation

4-Hydroxynonenal modulates the long-term potentiation induced by L-type Ca2+ channel activation in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

2004 ◽  
Vol 370 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuhiro Akaishi ◽  
Ken Nakazawa ◽  
Kaoru Sato ◽  
Yasuo Ohno ◽  
Yoshihisa Ito
Keyword(s):  
Dentate Gyrus ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Channel Activation ◽  
Term Potentiation

Anoxia-induced LTP of isolated NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic responses

1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 1774-1778 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Crepel ◽  
C. Hammond ◽  
K. Krnjevic ◽  
P. Chinestra ◽  
Y. Ben-Ari
Keyword(s):  
Nmda Receptor ◽  
Neuronal Death ◽  
Hippocampal Neurons ◽  
Input Resistance ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Term Potentiation ◽  
Bath Application ◽  
Synaptic Responses

1. The effects of an anoxic-aglycemic episode (1-3 min) on the pharmacologically isolated N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-mediated responses were examined in CA1 pyramidal hippocampal neurons in vitro. 2. An anoxic-aglycemic episode induced a long term potentiation (LTP) of the NMDA receptor-mediated field excitatory post-synoptic potentials (EPSPs). This LTP, referred to as anoxic LTP, was observed in the presence of 1) a normal Mg2+ concentration [+40.1 +/- 5% (mean +/- SE)], 2) a low Mg2+ concentration (+52.2 +/- 10%), or 3) a Mg2+ free (+49 +/- 11%), 1 h after anoxia. 3. Bath application of D-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (D-APV, 20 microM, 15-21 min) before, during, and after the anoxic-aglycemic episode, which transiently blocked the synaptic NMDA receptor mediated response, prevented the induction of anoxic LTP. 4. The intracellularly recorded NMDA receptor-mediated EPSP was also persistently potentiated by anoxia-aglycemia (+47 +/- 4%). This potentiation was not associated with changes in membrane potential or input resistance. 5. These findings provide the first evidence that an anoxic-aglycemic episode induces an LTP of NMDA receptor-mediated responses. This potentiation may participate in the cascade of events that lead to delayed neuronal death.

The nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N-monomethyl-L-arginine blocks induction of a long-term potentiation-like phenomenon in rat medial frontal cortical neurons in vitro

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 1255-1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Nowicky ◽  
L. J. Bindman
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Cortical Neurons ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Term Potentiation ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Synthase Inhibitor ◽  
Stimulation Of

1. Nitric oxide has been implicated in the production of long-term depression (LTD) in the cerebellum and in the production of long-term potentiation (LTP) and LTD in the hippocampus. We now provide evidence of its involvement in the induction of long-term synaptic potentiation in in vitro slices in the cerebral cortex of the rat. 2. Intracellular recordings were made from layer V neurons in the medial frontal cortex, and excitatory synaptic potentials (EPSPs) were evoked by electrical stimulation of layers II/III. Tetanic stimulation of this pathway may induce LTD or LTP or no change at these synapses. First we established experimental conditions under which a long lasting potentiation could be induced with a high incidence (> 60%), namely perfusion of slices with 1 microM bicuculline methiodide, second the use of increased shock duration in the tetanic conditioning stimuli, third and most important the addition of QX-314 to the microelectrode to reduce potassium conductances. Because the potentiation of the mean EPSP slope was significantly greater than the control at 40-min postconditioning, but was declining throughout this period, we refer to it for brevity as LTP, but strictly class it as an LTP-like phenomenon. 3. The nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor interfered with the production of LTP. In the control group of neurons (n = 13) the mean depolarizing slope of the EPSP at 30-min post-conditioning was 142.7 +/- 2% (mean +/- SE) of the prestimulation control.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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