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From: Slowly developing depression of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor mediated responses in young rat hippocampi

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Decay of NMDA receptor mediated EPSPs in low Mg2+ solution. (A) Experimental design: Measurements of field EPSPs from a representative experiment are plotted for two independent pathways, referred to as input 1 and input 2. By appropriate use of specific blockers CNQX and AP5, either isolated AMPA EPSPs (used for initial pathway equalization) or isolated NMDA EPSPs (used in testing sessions N1 and N2) were recorded with periods of fully blocked responses in between. The pathways were stimulated alternately, each at 0.1 Hz, except for silencing input 2 for a 3 h period that contained session N1. Each point represents the average of measurements within 1 min. As seen, during N1 the responses to input 1 decayed. During session N2 both inputs were stimulated, revealing a novel decay for input 2 and occluded depression for input 1. Samples of recorded potentials of both inputs are given for the indicated time points a-e. (B) Superimposed, averaged time courses of NMDA EPSPs for input 1 during session N1, and input 2 during session N2. (C) Superimposed averaged time courses of NMDA EPSPs for input 1 and input 2, both during session N2. For B and C, each point represents the average of measurements within 3 min intervals. The peak during session N1 was used as 100 %. Values are expressed as mean ± S.E.M (n = 8 experiments).

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