title: Different susceptibilities of long-term potentiations in CA3 and CA1 regions of guinea pig hippocampal slices to nootropic drugs.
abstract: Effects of the nootropic drugs, piracetam and bifemelane, on long-term potentiation (LTP) of population spikes in the CA3 and CA1 regions of guinea pig hippocampal slices were investigated. Piracetam (10(-6) to 10(-4) M) and bifemelane (10(-8) to 10(-6) M) significantly augmented the LTP in the CA3 region. The effects of these drugs were inhibited by scopolamine (10(-6) M). However, the LTP in the CA1 region was not affected by piracetam and bifemelane even at highly effective concentrations (10(-5) and 10(-6) M, respectively). Thus, the LTP in the CA3 is more susceptible to nootropic drugs than in the CA1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katsuki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010889:Piracetam / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; C031906:bifemelane; D010889:Piracetam