title: APV, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, blocks the hippocampal theta rhythm in behaving rats.
abstract: 2-Aminophosphonovaleric acid (APV), an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, was infused into the lateral ventricles of behaving rats. A 10 or 20 microgram dose of APV attenuated the hippocampal theta rhythm and the theta phase-shift at the apical dendrites of hippocampal CA1 region. A selective suppression of the atropine-sensitive theta rhythm was suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Desborough
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D051381:Rats; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014633:Valine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; D014633:Valine