title: Actions of oxaprotiline in the rat hippocampal slice.
abstract: 1. Recordings were obtained from transverse slices of rat hippocampus, which were placed in a perfusion chamber and superfused with oxygenated artificial cerebrospinal fluid. 2. The effects of 10 microM (+)- or (-)-oxaprotiline applied by the bath were examined on the population spike, postsynaptic excitability in low Ca2+-high Mg2+ medium, the epileptiform discharge in Mg2+-free medium and long-term potentiation (LTP). Only the last paradigm (LTP) was significantly enhanced by (+)-oxaprotiline. 3. In rats chronically injected with (+)-oxaprotiline, neither LTP nor the actions of a variety of neurotransmitters in low Ca2+-high Mg2+ medium were significantly altered. 4. Intracellular recordings showed a small depolarization (3.5 +/- 1.6 mV) in response to 10 microM (+)- or (-)-oxaprotiline. Neither input resistance nor inward rectification, long-lasting afterhyperpolarization or accommodation were significantly altered. 5. Acute application, but not chronic treatment with (+)-oxaprotiline affects long-term potentiation in the hippocampal slice, presumably due to an effect on gabaergic inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/VAMC, Brockton, MA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Birnstiel
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008376:Maprotiline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D008376:Maprotiline; C027299:hydroxymaprotilin