title: Differential effects of ketamine and MK-801 on the induction of long-term potentiation.
abstract: Ketamine and MK-801 are phencyclidine (PCP)-like noncompetitive antagonists of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor that produce a use-dependent blockade of the NMDA receptor-coupled channel. Recent studies have suggested that the binding properties of these drugs to the NMDA receptor in-vitro are different. In the present study, the effects of ketamine and MK-801 on the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) were compared at perforant path--granule cell synapses in anaesthetized rats. LTP was observed in animals treated with either saline or MK-801, but not in those treated with ketamine. These results reveal that ketamine and MK-801 differentially modulate the induction of LTP, and we propose that this differential modulation may be related to the different binding properties of the drugs.
authors.affiliation: Neurosciences Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-2520.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maren
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baudry
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D007649:Ketamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D007649:Ketamine; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate