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Hippocampal synaptic plasticity and NMDA receptors: a role in information storage?

MORRIS, R. G. M., DAVIS, S., BUTCHER, S. P.·1991·Behavioural and Neural Aspects of Learning and Memory

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One way of investigating the functional significance of long-term potentiation (LTP) is to use selective antagonists of those excitatory amino acid receptors whose activation is essential for its induction. This chapter discusses various design requirements for such experiments and reviews work indicating that the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist AP5 causes a behaviourally selective learning impairment having certain common features to the behavioural profile seen after hippocampal lesions. Two new studies are described whose results show that AP5 has no effect upon the retrieval of previously established memories, and that the dose–response profile of the impairment of spatial learning occurs across a range of extracellular concentrations in hippocampus for which receptor selectivity exists. These experiments show that activation of NMDA receptors is essential for certain kinds of learning.

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  • Disruption of NMDARs in the hippocampus leads to blockade of synaptic plasticity and also to memory malfunction.

    “Importantly, it has been demonstrated that disruption of NMDARs in the hippocampus leads to blockade of synaptic plasticity and also to memory malfunction (reviewed by Morris et al., 1991; Rawlins, 1996).”

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Authors
MORRIS, R. G. M., DAVIS, S., & BUTCHER, S. P.
Affiliations
University of Edinburgh (GB)
Venue
Behavioural and Neural Aspects of Learning and Memory
Published
1991-06-20
Pages
89-106
OpenAlex
W4244379074
Cited by
15
References
88
Citations by year
2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2014: 1
FWCI
1.03
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
hippocampal synaptic plasticity, NMDA receptor, long-term potentiation, AP5, NMDA receptor antagonists, spatial learning, memory retrieval, learning disabilities, hippocampal lesions, glutamate receptors, information storage

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