WHOLE-CELL PATCH-CLAMP RECORDINGS OF AN NMDA RECEPTOR-MEDIATED SYNAPTIC CURRENT IN RAT HIPPOCAMPAL SLICES

被引:38
作者
RANDALL, AD [1 ]
SCHOFIELD, JG [1 ]
COLLINGRIDGE, GL [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BRISTOL, SCH MED SCI, DEPT PHARMACOL, BRISTOL BS8 1TH, AVON, ENGLAND
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; d-2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; Hippocampus; N-Methyl-d-aspartate receptor; Picrotoxin; Synaptic current;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(90)90070-P
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings and pharmacological techniques have been used to obtain low noise recordings of 2 excitatory postsynaptic synaptic currents (termed EPSAA and EPSCB) evoked by stimulation of the Schaffer collateral-commissural pathway in rat hippocampal slices. EPSCA was blocked by 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) and EPSCB was blocked by d-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (APV), indicating their mediation by non-N-methyl-d-aspartate (non-NMDA) and NMDA receptors, respectively. EPSCB has a slower time-course than EPSCA and its current-voltage relationship was highly non-linear with a region of negative slope conductance from -35 to -100 mV. These properties of EPSCA and EPSCB can explain their differing participation in synaptic transmission in this pathway. © 1990.
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页码:191 / 196
页数:6
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