Acute stress causes rapid synaptic insertion of Ca2+ -permeable AMPA receptors to facilitate long-term potentiation in the hippocampus

The neuroendocrine response to episodes of acute stress is crucial for survival whereas the prolonged response to chronic stress can be detrimental. Learning and memory are particularly susceptible to stress with cognitive deficits being well characterized consequences of chronic stress. Although th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Brain (London, England : 1878) England : 1878), 2013-12, Vol.136 (Pt 12), p.3753-3765
Hauptverfasser: WHITEHEAD, Garry, JIHOON JO, HILDEBRANDT, Lars, WAITE, Eleanor, KIM, Byeong-Chae, KERRIGAN, Talitha L, KYUNGJIN KIM, WHITCOMB, Daniel J, COLLINGRIDGE, Graham L, LIGHTMAN, Stafford L, KWANGWOOK CHO, HOGG, Ellen L, PIERS, Thomas, KIM, Dong-Hyun, SEATON, Gillian, HEON SEOK, BRU-MERCIER, Gilles, GI HOON SON, REGAN, Philip
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Zusammenfassung:The neuroendocrine response to episodes of acute stress is crucial for survival whereas the prolonged response to chronic stress can be detrimental. Learning and memory are particularly susceptible to stress with cognitive deficits being well characterized consequences of chronic stress. Although there is good evidence that acute stress can enhance cognitive performance, the mechanism(s) for this are unclear. We find that hippocampal slices, either prepared from rats following 30 min restraint stress or directly exposed to glucocorticoids, exhibit an N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor-independent form of long-term potentiation. We demonstrate that the mechanism involves an NMDA receptor and PKA-dependent insertion of Ca2+ -permeable AMPA receptors into synapses. These then trigger the additional NMDA receptor-independent form of LTP during high frequency stimulation.
ISSN:0006-8950
1460-2156
DOI:10.1093/brain/awt293