title: Effects of naloxone on the long-term potentiation of EPSPs from the pathway of Schaffer collateral to CA1 region of hippocampus in aged rats with declined memory.
abstract: Morris water maze (MWM) was employed to distinguish the aged rats with declined memory to investigate the effect of naloxone on the synaptic plasticity of hippocampus in declined memory aged rats. After administration with naloxone for 7 days, LTP of excitatory post-synaptic potentials (EPSPs) from Schaffer collateral to CA1 region was recorded. The results showed that the maintenance of LTP of EPSPs from Schaffer collateral to CA1 subfield in isolate hippocampal brain slice was prolonged by naloxone with improved Morris water maze performance and reduced threshold of EPSPs. It is suggested that naloxone can improve learning and memory through enhancement of the synaptic plasticity of hippocampus in aged rats with declined memory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College, Shantou University, 22 Rd. Xinlin, Shantou, 515031, Guangdong, PR China. hzhao@163.com
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaohu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004924:Escape Reaction / Q000187:drug effects; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009270:Naloxone