• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Effects of prenatal ethanol exposure on choline-induced long-term depression in the hippocampus
  • Contributor: Grafe, Erin L.; Fontaine, Christine J.; Thomas, Jennifer D.; Christie, Brian R.
  • imprint: American Physiological Society, 2021
  • Published in: Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1152/jn.00136.2021
  • ISSN: 0022-3077; 1522-1598
  • Keywords: Physiology ; General Neuroscience
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  • Description: <jats:p> Choline supplementation is a nutraceutical therapy with significant potential for a variety of developmental disorders; however, the mechanisms involved in its therapeutic effects remain poorly understood. Our research shows that choline directly impacts synaptic communication in the brain, inducing a long-term depression of synaptic efficacy in brain slices. The depression is equivalent in male and female animals, involves M1 receptors in control animals, but uniquely involves NMDA receptors in a model of FASD. </jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access