title: Higher sensitivity of CA1 synapses to aglycemia in streptozotocin-diabetic rats is age-dependent.
abstract: We studied conduction velocity in peripheral nerves and the block of synaptic transmission produced by lack of glucose in hippocampal slices from 4- and 12-month-old streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and their age-matched controls. In sural nerves of young and old diabetic rats, the conduction velocity was reduced by 30-35%. In slices from young diabetics, CA1 synaptic transmission was more sensitive to aglycemia than in control slices. However, all slices from older rats showed comparable increases in CA1 synaptic sensitivity to aglycemia. We conclude that the cerebral adaptation to diabetic hyperglycemia apparent in the hippocampus of young rats is masked in older rats by an age-dependent increase in sensitivity to lack of glucose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia Research, McGill University, 3655 Drummond Street, Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tekkök
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kriz
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Padjen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krnjević
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000503:physiopathology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose; D000241:Adenosine