Age-Related Alterations in the Expression of Genes and Synaptic Plasticity Associated with Nitric Oxide Signaling in the Mouse Dorsal Striatum

Figure 7

Age-related reduction of DHPG-LTD is reversed by the phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor zaprinast (ZPRN). The time course of relative changes in field response amplitudes in corticostriatal slices from group II (a) and group III (b) mice after application of DHPG in the absence (DHPG) or presence of zaprinast (ZPRN + DHPG). Period of DHPG application is marked by open bar; ZPRN was applied 10 min before and together with DHPG (marked by filled bar). Significant differences between the DHPG-LTD magnitudes in the absence and presence of ZPRN are marked by asterisks, , -test.

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