Effect of Fluoxetine on the Induction of Long-term Potentiation in Rat Frontal Cortex
Effect of Fluoxetine on the Induction of Long-term Potentiation in Rat Frontal Cortex
- Hwang-Soo Kim Hyun-Sok Kim Sang June Hahn Myung-Jun Kim Shin Hee Yoon Yang-Hyeok Jo Myung-Suk Kim Du
- 대한생리학회-대한약리학회
- The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology
- 제8권 제6호
- 등재여부 : KCI등재
- 2004.01
- 295 - 300 (6 pages)
Serotonin (5-hydroxytroptamine, 5-HT) has been shown to affect the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the cortex such as the hippocampus, the visual cortex and the prefrontal cortex. Fluoxetine, as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, is used in the management of a wide variety of psychological diseases. To study the effect of fluoxetine on the induction of LTP, we recorded the field potential in layer II/III of the frontal cortex from 3-wk-old. LTP was induced in horizontal input by theta burst stimulation (TBS). TBS with two-folds intensity of the test stimulation induced LTP, which was blocked by application of D-AP5 (50μM), an NMDA receptor antagonist. Whereas bath application of 5-HT (10μM) inhibited the induction of LTP, treatment with the 5-HT depleting agent, para-chloroamphetamine (PCA, 10μM), for 2hr did not affect the induction of LTP. Bath application of fluoxetine (1, 3, and 10μM) suppressed the induction of LTP in concentration-dependent manner, however, fluoxetine did not inhibit the induction of LTP in 5-HT-depleted slices. These results indicate that fluoxetine may inhibit the induction of LTP by modulating serotonergic mechanism in the rat frontal cortex.