DISTRIBUTION AND FUNCTIONAL-PROPERTIES OF 5-HT3, RECEPTORS IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPAL DENTATE GYRUS - A PATCH-CLAMP STUDY
DISTRIBUTION AND FUNCTIONAL-PROPERTIES OF 5-HT3, RECEPTORS IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPAL DENTATE GYRUS - A PATCH-CLAMP STUDY
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DOI:
10.1152/jn.1994.71.5.1935
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发表时间:
1994-05-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
KAWA, K
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作者:
KAWA, K
1. In dentate gyrus of rat hippocampal slices two distinct types of neurons, principal excitatory neurons (granule cells) and local inhibitory neurons (basket cells), could be identified under Nomarski microscopy; I investigated the actions of serotonin using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. The identification of the neurons was later confirmed by intracellular staining with Lucifer yellow.2. In both basket cells and granule cells, whole-cell current recordings revealed spontaneous synaptic currents ranging from < 10 pA to > 200 pA in symmetrical Cl- conditions at a holding potential of -63 mV. These currents were blocked by 10 mu M bicuculline, indicating that they resulted from the spontaneous activation of GABAergic inputs (which had been morphologically described in both types of neurons).3. By focal application of serotonin (2-50 mu M) to basket cells under current clamp I evoked a train of action potentials superimposed on a baseline membrane depolarization. Under voltage-clamp conditions serotonin evoked an inward current at a holding potential of -63 mV (currents were detectable in similar to 90% of basket cells studied). The inward current was accompanied by a multitude of small inward currents of short duration (