MECAMYLAMINE IS A SELECTIVE NON-COMPETITIVE ANTAGONIST OF N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE-INDUCED AND ASPARTATE-INDUCED CURRENTS IN HORIZONTAL CELLS DISSOCIATED FROM THE CATFISH RETINA
MECAMYLAMINE IS A SELECTIVE NON-COMPETITIVE ANTAGONIST OF N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE-INDUCED AND ASPARTATE-INDUCED CURRENTS IN HORIZONTAL CELLS DISSOCIATED FROM THE CATFISH RETINA
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3940(88)90276-5
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发表时间:
1988-11-22
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
CHRISTENSEN, BN
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作者:
ODELL, TJ;CHRISTENSEN, BN
The nicotinic acetylcholine channel blockers mecamylamine (MECA) and pempidine (PEMP) blocked voltage-clamped isolated catfish retina cone horizontal responses to aspartate (Asp) and n-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) but had little effect on currents induced by kainate and quisqualate. Concentration-response curves for NMDA and Asp in the presence of MECA suggested that MECA was a non-competitive inhibitor of NMDA and Asp responses. Further, the MECA and PEMP block of NMDA and Asp-induced currents was highly voltage-sensitive. The non-competitive and voltage-sensitive block of NMDA and Asp-induced currents by MECA suggest that MECA (and PEMP) block the NMDA receptor ion channel.