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Septal Modulation Of The Hippocampus, Siew Kian Tai
Septal Modulation Of The Hippocampus, Siew Kian Tai
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The medial septum (MS) is the main source of acetylcholine to the hippocampus, a structure involved in memory and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Learning and memory involve long-term changes in synaptic strengths, and are suggested to be facilitated by a brain wave, theta rhythm in the hippocampus. Since medial septal neurons influence hippocampal neural activity, lesion of two neuronal populations in the MS, cholinergic and GABAergic, was performed by intraseptal infusion of 192 IgG-saporin and orexin-saporin, respectively. I hypothesized that 1) activation of cholinergic cells by vestibular stimulation induces an atropine-sensitive theta rhythm, modulates synaptic transmission and enhances long-term potentiation (LTP), …