title: Induction of hippocampal long-term potentiation in the absence of extracellular Ca2+.
abstract: Extracellular Ca2+, synaptic transmission, and the activation of subsynaptic receptors are not required for the induction of long-term potentiation of excitatory synaptic transmission at stratum radiatum-CA1 neuron junctions as long as sufficient depolarizations of the presynaptic terminals and the postsynaptic neurons co-occur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Sastry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010852:Picrotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium; D010852:Picrotoxin; D011188:Potassium