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Published on: March 23, 2011
Diminished KCC2 confounds synapse specificity of LTP during senescence
Isabella Ferando1, Guido C Faas1, Istvan Mody1,2
1Department of Neurology, The David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Abstract:
The synapse specificity of long-term potentiation (LTP) ensures that no interference arises from inputs irrelevant to the memory to be encoded. In hippocampi of aged (21-28 months) mice, LTP was relayed to unstimulated synapses, blemishing its synapse specificity. Diminished levels of the K(+)/Cl(-) cotransporter KCC2 and a depolarizing GABAA receptor-mediated synaptic component following LTP were the most likely causes for the spreading of potentiation, unveiling mechanisms hindering information storage in the aged brain and identifying KCC2 as a potential target for intervention.
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