fEPSPs and LTP in CA1 of control and TOG cKO hippocampal brain slices.

<p>A. Infrared differential interference contrast micrograph of a hippocampal slice showing bipolar tungsten electrode (left) and glass recording electrode (right) placement. B – C. Electrical recording of field responses from control (B) and TOG cKO (C) slices at various stimuli intensities. Presynaptic fiber volley and field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) are marked by arrows. Input output curves generated from control (n = 7 slices from 5 animals) and TOG cKO (n = 7 slices from 4 animals) plotted using fEPSP amplitudes (left) and rising slopes (right). Error bars represent standard deviation of the mean. D – E. Field responses and input output curves in the presence of GABAA antagonist (GABAzine, 5 μM) for the same specimens as in B and C. Error bars represent standard deviation of the mean. F. Electrical recording of field responses in control and TOG cKO hippocampal slices, in presence of GABAzine (5 μM), during baseline (BL) as well as 5 and 60 minutes after theta burst stimulation (TBS, 10 bursts in 2 sec). G. Rising slopes of fEPSPs during BL, and 5 and 60 minutes after TBS, from control (n = 5 animals) and TOG cKO (n = 4 animals). * denotes significant difference from BL (repeated measures ANOVA followed by Newman-Keuls multiple comparison test, p<0.05). H. Group time-course before and after TBS, normalized to the rising slopes of its corresponding BL. Error bars represent standard deviation of the mean.* denotes significant difference from BL period in control (repeated measures ANOVA followed by Bonferroni's multiple comparison test, p<0.05).