Adult-onset hypothyroidism facilitates and enhances LTD: Reversal by chronic nicotine treatment

Chronic nicotine treatment reverses hypothyroidism-induced impairment of hippocampus-dependent spatial memory and long-term potentiation (LTP). We investigated the effect of hypothyroidism on long-term depression (LTD) and possible protection by nicotine. Following paired pulse stimulation, LTD was...

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Main Authors: K.H. Alzoubi, A.M. Aleisa, K.A. Alkadhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-04-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996107000186