2010
Mechanisms for acute stress-induced enhancement of glutamatergic transmission and working memory
Yuen EY, Liu W, Karatsoreos IN, Ren Y, Feng J, McEwen BS, Yan Z. Mechanisms for acute stress-induced enhancement of glutamatergic transmission and working memory. Molecular Psychiatry 2010, 16: 156-170. PMID: 20458323, PMCID: PMC3108461, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2010.50.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBiophysicsCells, CulturedCorticosteroneDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug InteractionsElectric StimulationExcitatory Amino Acid AgentsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsGene Expression RegulationGlutamic AcidGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHormone AntagonistsImmediate-Early ProteinsIn Vitro TechniquesLong-Term PotentiationMaleMaze LearningMemory, Short-TermMifepristonePatch-Clamp TechniquesPeptidesPrefrontal CortexProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesPyramidal CellsRab GTP-Binding ProteinsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, GlutamateRNA, Small InterferingStress, PsychologicalSynaptic TransmissionTime FactorsTransfectionConceptsPrefrontal cortexGlutamatergic transmissionAcid receptorsPFC pyramidal neuronsAspartic acid (NMDA) receptorsIsoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptorsInduction of serumCorticosteroid stress hormonesFunction of NMDARsStress-induced enhancementSustained potentiationPyramidal neuronsCorticosterone treatmentSynaptic responsesSynaptic transmissionBehavioral stressorsGlucocorticoid-inducible kinaseGlucocorticoid receptorAcute stressStress hormonesΑ-aminoSurface expressionReceptorsUnderlying mechanismReceptor recycling
2005
Regulation of N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptors by Calpain in Cortical Neurons*
Wu HY, Yuen EY, Lu YF, Matsushita M, Matsui H, Yan Z, Tomizawa K. Regulation of N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptors by Calpain in Cortical Neurons*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2005, 280: 21588-21593. PMID: 15790561, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m501603200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsNMDA receptorsNMDAR currentsCortical neuronsCalpain inhibitorsCultured cortical neuronsCortical pyramidal neuronsDynamin inhibitory peptideFunction of NMDARsInhibitory peptidesInvolvement of calpainNMDAR-mediated currentsNMDAR channel functionSelective calpain inhibitorsNMDAR internalizationNMDAR overstimulationNeuroprotective mechanismsPyramidal neuronsNMDA treatmentBath applicationIntracellular injectionNR2B subunitCalcium entryPathologic functionsProlonged treatment