title: D1-receptor dependent synaptic potentiation in the basal ganglia of quail chicks.
abstract: Properties of local synapses were analyzed in lobus parolfactorius (LPO; avian homologue of caudate-nucleus) of quail chicks by using slice preparations in vitro. Field-potential extracellular and whole-cell intracellular recordings revealed excitatory synaptic inputs converging from dorsal and ventral regions within LPO. With exogenous dopamine (100 microM) in the perfusate, synchronized conditioning stimulation induced biased changes in the dorsal and the ventral inputs; potentiation in the dorsal input and depression in the ventral input in average. On the other hand, de-synchronized conditioning failed to induce such biased changes, although the differences were not statistically significant. SCH-23390 (3 microM) blocked the dorsal potentiation, while AP-5 (100 microM) tended to block both of these changes. The plastic nature may underlie the memory formation in appetitive/aversive learning tasks.
authors.affiliation: Neuroethology Group, Laboratory for Animal Information Biology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Izawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D011784:Quail / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001552:Benzazepines; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D004298:Dopamine