EFFECTS OF CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS ON HIPPOCAMPAL-EVOKED ACTIVITY IN MICE

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 299  (20) , 877-+
Abstract
The effect of central intraventricular administration (1 .mu.g) of corticosterone or dexamethasone on evoked electrical activity of dorsal hippocampus was analyzed in anesthetized BALB/c mice. Corticosterone produced an important decrease in amplitude of the population spike activity elicited in CA1 field through commissural stimulation as well as through stimulation of the perforant path. In the same conditions, dexamethasone produced only a slight and brief effect.