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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Age-Dependent Contributions of NMDA Receptors and L-Type Calcium Channels to Long-Term Depression in the Piriform Cortex.

Vishaal Rajani, Aida Maziar, Kwun Nok Mimi Man, Johannes W Hell, Qi Yuan

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Reinventing amlodipine.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2026
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  4. Olfactory threat extinction in the piriform cortex: An age-dependent employment of NMDA receptor-dependent long-term depression.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  6. Calcium Channels and Calcium-Binding Proteins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Vishaal RajaniBiomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3682-7208
Aida MaziarBiomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada.
Kwun Nok Mimi ManDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA.
Johannes W HellDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA.
Qi YuanBiomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9837-8495
Memorial University of Newfoundland · CAUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

Role of a-actinin in Cav1.2 FunctionR01AG055357 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI JOHANNES W HELL · 2016 to 2026
$4.0M
Aging Research Center - Newfoundland and Labrador N/ANatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2018-04401NIA NIH HHS R01 AG055357
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the hippocampus, the contributions of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) and L-type calcium channels (LTCCs) to neuronal transmission and synaptic plasticity change with aging, underlying calcium dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction. However, the relative contributions of NMDARs and LTCCs in other learning encoding structures during aging are not known. The piriform cortex (PC) plays a significant role in odor associative memories, and like the hippocampus, exhibits forms of long-term synaptic plasticity. Here, we investigated the expression and contribution of NMDARs and LTCCs in long-term depression (LTD) of the PC associational fiber pathway in three cohorts of Sprague Dawley rats: neonatal (1-2 weeks), young adult (2-3 months) and aged (20-25 months). Using a combination of slice electrophysiology, Western blotting, fluorescent immunohistochemistry and confocal imaging, we observed a shift from an NMDAR to LTCC mediation of LTD in aged rats, despite no difference in the amount of LTD expression. These changes in plasticity are related to age-dependent differential receptor expression in the PC. LTCC Cav1.2 expression relative to postsynaptic density protein 95 is increased in the associational pathway of the aged PC layer Ib. Enhanced LTCC contribution in synaptic depression in the PC may contribute to altered olfactory function and learning with aging.

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LearningNeuronal PlasticityAge FactorsAnimalsCalcium Channels, L-TypeFemaleMalePiriform CortexRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateCalcium Channels, L-TypeReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartatelong-term depressionL-type calcium channelNMDA receptorpiriform cortexrat

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PMID34948347
PMCPMC8706958
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