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Paper   IPM / Cognitive%20Sciences / 11545
School of Cognitive Sciences
  Title:   Orexin-1 receptor mediates long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus area of freely moving rats
  Author(s): 
1.  Esmaeil Akbari
2.  Fereshteh Motamedi
3.  Farzaneh Ghiafeh Davoodi
4.  Maryam Noorbakhshnia
5.  Elham Ghanbarian
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Behav Brain Res
  Vol.:  216
  Year:  2011
  Pages:   375-380
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
Orexin neurons, localized in the lateral hypothalamus area, synthesize two neuropeptides called orexin A and orexin B and send their axons to hippocampal formation including dentate gyrus (DG). Orexin A and orexin B act as endogenous ligands for two G-protein coupled receptors called orexin-1 and orexin-2 receptors (OX1R and OX2R). In the dentate gyrus (DG) region, OX1R, which has high affinity for orexin A, is expressed. Conflicting results have been reported regarding the effect of orexinergic system on synaptic plasticity. When given alone, SB-334867-A, a non-peptide OX1R antagonist, is a suitable drug to assess the natural and physiological significance of endogenous orexins. In the present research, we studied the effects of DG-OX1Rs antagonization on long-term potentiation (LTP) using two different high frequency stimulation (HFS) protocols i.e. 200 and 400 Hz in freely moving rats. The results showed that inactivation of DG-OX1Rs impair LTP induction in both HFS protocols which lasts beyond 24 h. This occurs with respect to both the population excitatory post-synaptic potential slope and population spike amplitude. Our findings suggest that endogenous orexins are involved in the expression of LTP, at least through DG-OX1Rs.

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