Inhibitory effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide on long-term potentiation induced in hippocampal slices of rats.

Neurosci Lett

Laboratory of Neurobiology and State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.

Published: April 2011

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  • The hippocampus is crucial for learning and memory, with calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and its receptors present in this area.
  • CGRP was found to inhibit long term potentiation (LTP), a process important for strengthening synapses, in the CA1 region of rat hippocampal neurons when stimulated with high frequency.
  • The negative effects of CGRP on LTP can be blocked by a specific receptor antagonist, suggesting that CGRP and its receptor play a significant role in modulating synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus.

Article Abstract

It is well known that hippocampus plays important roles in learning and memory. Both calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and CGRP receptors are found in hippocampus. In the present study we explored the influence of CGRP on long term potentiation (LTP) in hippocampal Schaffer collateral-CA1. Our results demonstrated that CGRP inhibited the LTP induced by high frequency stimulation (HFS) in hippocampal CA1 neurons in rat brain slices. The inhibitory effect was blocked by CGRP receptor-1 antagonist CGRP 8-37. The results indicate that both CGRP and CGRP receptor 1 are involved in the modulation process of LTP in hippocampus of rats.

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