Synaptic excitation mediated by AMPA receptors in rat cerebellar slices is selectively enhanced by aniracetam and cyclothiazide
Synaptic excitation mediated by AMPA receptors in rat cerebellar slices is selectively enhanced by aniracetam and cyclothiazide
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阿尼西坦和环噻嗪选择性增强大鼠小脑切片中 AMPA 受体介导的突触兴奋
DOI:
10.1007/bf01694543
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
J. Garthwaite
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文献类型:
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作者:
Andrew R. Boxall;J. Garthwaite
AMPA receptors mediate fast, glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. The time-course of the associated postsynaptic current has been suggested to be determined principally by the kinetics of glutamate binding and receptor desensitization. Aniracetam and cyclothiazide are drugs capable of selectively preventing desensitization of the AMPA receptor. To investigate the relevance of desensitization to fast synaptic transmission in the cerebellum we have tested these compounds against AMPA-induced depolarizations and postsynaptic potentials using the grease-gap recording technique. Aniracetam (1 μM-5 mM) and cyclothiazide (1 μM-500 μM) both enhanced the depolarising action of AMPA (1 μM) on Purkinje cells in a concentration-dependent manner. At the highest concentrations tested, the increases over controls were approximately 600% and 800% respectively. Aniracetam also increased, in a concentration-dependent manner, the amplitude of the evoked synaptic potentials of both parallel fibre-Purkinje cell and mossy fibre-granule cell pathways, with the highest concentrations tested enhancing the potentials by approximately 60% and 75% respectively. These data suggest that, at two different synapses in the cerebellum, AMPA receptor desensitization occurs physiologically and is likely to contribute to the shape of fast synaptic currents.
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
CLEMENTS, JD;LESTER, RAJ;WESTBROOK, GL
通讯作者:
WESTBROOK, GL