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Objective The potential of all central nervous system synapses to exhibit long term potentiation (LTP) or long term depression (LTD) is subject to modulation by prior synaptic activity, a higher-order form of plasticity that has been termed metaplasticity. This study is designed to examine the plasticity and metaplasticity in the lateral perforant path of rat. Methods Field potential was measured with different priming and conditioning stimulation protocols. Results Ten-hertz priming, which does not affect basal synaptic transmission, caused a dramatic reduction in subsequent LTP at lateral perforant path synapses in vitro, and the reduced LTP lasted for at least 2 h. The LTD was unaffected. The reduction of LTP in the lateral perforant path was also readily induced by applying priming antidromically at the mossy fibers. Conclu- sion Priming with 10 Hz, which is within a frequency range observed during physiological activity, can cause potent, long-lasting inhibition of LTP, but not LTD. This form of metaplasticity adds a layer of complexity to the activity-depen- dent modification of synapses within the dentate gyrus.
Objective The potential of all central nervous system synapses to exhibit long term potentiation (LTP) or long term depression (LTD) is subject to modulation by prior synaptic activity, a higher-order form of plasticity that has been metamedical. This study is designed To examine the plasticity and metaplasticity in the lateral perforant path of rat. Results Ten-hertz priming, which does not affect basal synaptic transmission, caused a dramatic reduction in subsequent LTP at lateral The LTD was unaffected. The reduction of LTP in the lateral perforant path was also readily induced by applying priming antidromically at the mossy fibers. Conclu-sion Priming with 10 Hz, which is within a frequency range observed during physiological activity, can cause potent, long-lasting inhibition of LTP, but not LT D. This form of metaplasticity adds a layer of complexity to the activity-dependent dent of synapses within the dentate gyrus.