title: The effects of corticotropin-releasing factor on anoxia-induced changes in evoked potentials in living slices of rat olfactory cortex.
abstract: Experiments were performed to address the dynamics of evoked focal potentials in slices of rat olfactory cortex during 10-min anoxia and subsequent reoxygenation. These experiments showed that perfusion with corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)--corticoliberin--at concentrations of 1, 10, and 100 nM had no effect on changes in EPSP parameters before or during anoxia. However, CRF (10 and 100 nM) significantly aided recovery of the amplitude and slope of EPSP during reoxygenation. Application of the competitive NMDA receptor blocker APV (50 microM) during reoxygenation did not eliminate the protective effects of CRF on neuronal activity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for the Regulation of Brain Neuron Function, I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Makarov Bank, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Ya E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Lyubimov
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Emel'yanov
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Izvarina
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014633:Valine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; C056639:2-amino-5-phosphopentanoic acid; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D014633:Valine; D010100:Oxygen