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JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 88, 期 2, 页码 621-626出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.2.621
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG-14979] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH-59891] Funding Source: Medline
Disruption of Ca2+ homeostasis is hypothesized to mediate several electrophysiological markers of brain aging. Recent evidence indicates that estradiol can rapidly alter Ca2+-dependent processes in neurons through nongenomic mechanisms. In the current study, electrophysiological effects of 17beta-estradiol benzoate (EB) on the Ca2+-activated afterhyperpolarization (AHP) were investigated using intracellular sharp electrode recording in hippocampal slices from ovariectomized Fischer 344 female rats. The AHP amplitude was enhanced in aged (22-24 mo) compared with young (5-8 mo) rats and direct application of EB (100 pM) reduced the AHP in aged rats. The age-related difference was due, in part, to the increased AHP amplitude of aged animals, since an EB-mediated decrease in the AHP could be observed in young rats when the extracellular Ca2+ was elevated to increase the AHP amplitude. In aged rats, bath application of EB occluded the ability of the L-channel blocker, nifedipine (10 muM), to attenuate the AHP. The results support a role for EB in modifying hippocampal Ca2+-dependent processes in a manner diametrically opposite that observed during aging, possibly through L-channel inhibition.
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