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. 2017 Oct 13;7:13133. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12956-6

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Effect of AIE, and Gabapentin Slice Pre-Incubation on RO25–6981-induced Inhibition of NMDA Receptor-Mediated Currents. A. Representative eEPSCs recorded in cells from control (AIW) animals (upper panels) and AIE-exposed (AIE) animals (lower panels) after slices were pre-incubated in normal aCSF (Control - left panels) or aCSF containing 30 μM gabapentin (Gabapentin - right panels). RO25–6981 consistently reduced current amplitude, but did so more efficaciously in cells from slices that were not pre-incubated in gabapentin. B. Mean (±SEM) percent reduction of NMDA receptor-mediated current amplitudes by RO25–6981, recorded in CA1 pyramidal cells from AIE-exposed animals (closed circles) compared to controls (open circles), after pre-incubation in aCSF (Control) or aCSF containing 30 μM gabapentin (Gabapentin). RO25–6981 induced inhibition was greater after AIE than after AIW when slices were pre-incubated in aCSF [right panel (Control, #): simple main effect, p = 0.02]. Conversely, RO25–6981 induced inhibition was greater in AIW than in AIE when slices were pre-incubated in aCSF+ gabapentin [right panel (Gabapentin, ‡): simple main effect, p = 0.006]. Moreover, gabapentin pre-incubation significantly attenuated RO25–6981-induced inhibition of NMDA current amplitudes in slices from AIE animals [right panel (closed circles,★): simple main effect, p = 0.001] but not in those from AIW animals [right panel (open circles, ☆), simple main effect, p = 0.28].