Extracellular potassium regulates the chloride reversal potential in cultured hippocampal neurons
Extracellular potassium regulates the chloride reversal potential in cultured hippocampal neurons
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DOI:
10.1016/j.brainres.2008.02.038
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发表时间:
2008-04-18
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2.9
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Woodin, Melanie A.
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作者:
Balena, Trevor;Acton, Brooke A.;Woodin, Melanie A.
Inhibitory GABAergic synaptic transmission in the mammalian hippocampus depends upon a hyperpolarized reversal potential for Cl- (E-Cl). To examine the regulation of E-Cl hyperpolarization we cultured hippocampal neurons for two weeks in either a low- or a high-concentration of KCl (2.6 or 18.7 mM, respectively). Neurons were then recorded from standard extracellular solution containing 3 mM K, using the dual perforated patch clamp technique. Low-KCl cultured neurons fired spontaneous action potentials (APs; 0.33 +/- 0.11 Hz), while high-KCl cultured neurons were quiescent, resulting in a significant difference in AP activity (p=0.042). This high-KCl-induced decrease in activity was accompanied by depolarizations of both the AP threshold (p