Research Article

Regulation of Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Signaling within Hippocampal Glutamatergic Postsynapses during Flurazepam Withdrawal

Table 3

CaMKIIα and pCaMKII immunogold non-PSD synaptic labeling.

PresynapticPostsynaptic
Active zoneMembraneIntracellularPerisynaptic membraneExtrasynaptic membraneIntracellular
Labeled (%) ≥1 particleMean Number of particlesLabeled (%) ≥1 particleMean Number of particlesLabeled (%) ≥1 particleMean Number of particlesLabeled (%) ≥1 particleMean Number of particlesLabeled (%) ≥1 particleMean Number of particlesLabeled (%) ≥1 particleMean Number of particles

CaMKII
 CON4.0 ± 1.30.04 ± 0.013.0 ± 1.50.04 ± 0.0226.2 ± 7.60.54 ± 0.200.8 ± 0.50.02 ± 0.013.9 ± 1.40.07 ± 0.0438.8 ± 9.90.86 ± 0.22
 FZP0.8 ± 0.50.008 ± 0.0052.6 ± 1.30.03 ± 0.0119.8 ± 3.00.39 ± 0.122.6 ± 1.60.03 ± 0.024.8 ± 2.60.06 ± 0.0432.2 ± 5.70.59 ± 0.12
value0.049 *0.047 *0.830.880.450.540.370.700.750.940.580.32

pCaMKII
 CON7.2 ± 2.30.09 ± 0.034.5 ± 2.50.10 ± 0.0843.7 ± 9.71.29 ± 0.460.9 ± 0.90.01 ± 0.012.3 ± 1.10.02 ± 0.0121.9 ± 10.50.62 ± 0.34
 FZP7.3 ± 2.20.08 ± 0.036.7 ± 3.00.09 ± 0.0458.6 ± 7.61.67 ± 0.403.1 ± 2.20.04 ± 0.035.1 ± 2.80.07 ± 0.0526.9 ± 7.80.49 ± 0.18
value0.980.960.600.870.260.560.400.380.370.360.710.76

, Student’s t-test. Values represent mean ± SEM.