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Scott, T.R. et al.

The effect of ions and second messengers on long-term potentiation of chemical transmission in avian ciliary ganglia.

1. The effects of tetanic stimulation of the oculomotor nerve on transmission through the avian ciliary ganglion have been determined by use of the amplitude of the compound action potential recorded in the ciliary nerve, in the presence of hexamethonium (300 microM), as a measure of synaptic efficacy. 2. Tetanic stimulation for 20 s at 30 Hz potentiated the chemical phase of the compound action potential by at least 100% of its control level. This potentiation, reflecting an increase in synaptic efficacy, decayed over two distinct time courses: firstly, a rapid decay with a time constant in the order of minutes, and secondly, a slower decay, representing a smaller potentiation, with a time constant in the order of an hour. The large increase in synaptic efficacy is attributed to post-tetanic potentiation (PTP) whereas the smaller but longer lasting increase is attributed to long-term potentiation (LTP). 3. Higher frequencies of tetanic stimulation gave increased PTP and LTP. 4. In order to test whether the influx of calcium ions into the nerve terminal during the tetanus is likely to be involved in potentiation, facilitation was measured during PTP and LTP. Facilitation was reduced to approximately zero during PTP but recovered to normal values about 15 min into LTP. A requirement for the induction of LTP was shown to be the presence of calcium in the bathing solution. However, blocking synaptic transmission with a high concentration of hexamethonium (3 mM) during the tetanic stimulation did not block the induction of LTP. 5. Application of the muscarinic inhibitor, atropine (2 microM), did not affect the magnitude of PTP or LTP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[1]

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The effect of ions and second messengers on long-term potentiation of chemical transmission in avian ciliary ganglia. Scott, T.R., Bennett, M.R. Br. J. Pharmacol. (1993) [Pubmed]

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