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. 1990 Jan 8;506(2):291-3.
doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)91264-h.

Gangliosides improve synaptic transmission in dentate gyrus of hippocampal rat slices

O A Ramirez  1 , R A Gomez, H F Carrer
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Gangliosides improve synaptic transmission in dentate gyrus of hippocampal rat slices

O A Ramirez et al. Brain Res. .

Abstract

The effect of perfusion with gangliosides (1 x 10(-6) M) on the response evoked in the granule cell layer of dentate gyrus by stimulation of perforant path in hippocampal rat slices was studied. Gangliosides induced both a decrease in the frequency threshold of stimulation necessary to generate long-term potentiation (LTP) and greater potentiation than under control conditions. It is proposed that gangliosides improve the mechanisms responsible for synaptic plasticity which generate LTP.

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