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Ovariectomy-induced disruption of long-term synaptic depression in the hippocampal CA1 region in vivo is attenuated with chronic estrogen replacement

Day, Mark and Good, Mark Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1824-1203 2005. Ovariectomy-induced disruption of long-term synaptic depression in the hippocampal CA1 region in vivo is attenuated with chronic estrogen replacement. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 83 (1) , pp. 13-21. 10.1016/j.nlm.2004.06.009

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Abstract

Endogenous cyclical changes in the levels of estrogen can have marked effects on hippocampal synaptic plasticity. In two experiments, we examined the effect of chronic estrogen loss and replacement following ovariectomy on the induction of bidirectional changes in synaptic plasticity in the CA1 region in vivo. In Experiment 1, ovariectomy carried out either 5 days or 5 weeks before testing impaired the induction of long-term depression (LTD) and but not long-term potentiation (LTP). In Experiment 2, chronic estrogen replacement (0.2 ml of 10 μg injection of 17β-estradiol every 48 h) over the course of 5 weeks enhanced the magnitude of paired-pulse-induced LTD in the CA1 region but had no effect on the induction of LTP. The results demonstrate that acute and chronic estrogen deprivation disrupted dynamic synaptic plasticity processes in the hippocampal CA1 region and that this disruption was ameliorated by chronic estrogen replacement. The findings are discussed with reference to: (1) the contribution of Ca2+ regulated synaptic signalling pathways in the CA1 region to estradiol modulation of LTP and LTD and (2) the potential functional significance of ovariectomy-induced changes in synaptic plasticity for learning and memory processes.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Psychology
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Uncontrolled Keywords: Estrogen; Ovariectomy; Hippocampus; LTP; LTD; CA1; Synaptic plasticity
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 1074-7427
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2022 09:48
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33162

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