title: Activation of glutamate metabotropic receptors induces long-term potentiation.
abstract: The specific glutamate metabotropic receptor agonist 1S,3R-aminocyclopentane dicarboxylate (ACPD), but not its inactive enantiomer 1R,3S-ACPD, induced a slowly developing potentiation of synaptic transmission in rat hippocampal slices. This effect was independent of its ability to potentiate responses mediated by the activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Perfusion with 1S,3R-ACPD provides, therefore, a means of chemically inducing a form of long-term potentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK.
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Bortolotto
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Collingridge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003515:Cycloleucine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D003515:Cycloleucine; C036361:1-amino-1,3-dicarboxycyclopentane