Atypical antipsychotics block the excitatory effects of serotonin in septohippocampal neurons in the rat
Atypical antipsychotics block the excitatory effects of serotonin in septohippocampal neurons in the rat
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DOI:
10.1016/s0306-4522(96)00697-5
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发表时间:
1997-07-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Alreja, M
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作者:
Liu, W;Alreja, M
We recently reported that serotonin excites a subpopulation of GABAergic neurons in the rat medial septum/diagonal band of Broca complex via multiple serotonin receptors, including the serotonin(2A) subtype.(1) Since a subpopulation of medial septum/diagonal band GABAergic neurons projects to the hippocampus, in the present study we tested the effect of serotonin on antidromically-activated septohippocampal neurons using extracellular recordings. Bath-applied serotonin had an excitatory effect in a majority of septohippocampal neurons; serotonin-excited septohippocampal neurons had a mean conduction velocity - 1.63 +/- 0.07 m/s (n=101). Pharmacologically, MDL 100,907, a selective serotonin(2A) antagonist blocked the excitatory effect of serotonin in 78% of septohippocampal neurons tested, with a mean pA(2) of 8.51 +/- 0.12 (n=22). Additionally, the atypical antipsychotics risperidone and clozapine but not the typical antipsychotic haloperidol, blocked the excitatory effects of serotonin at clinically relevant concentrations. The pA(2) values of 8.84 +/- 0.11, 6.57 +/- 0.13 and 5.94 +/- 0.27 for risperidone, clozapine and haloperidol, respectively, obtained in the present study, give a rank order of potency - risperidone (1.6 nM) clozapine (269 nM) haloperidol (1.1 mu M) which corresponds to that reported in binding studies. Additionally, in whole-cell patch-clamp recordings, risperidone (10nM) blocked serotonin-induced increase in GABAergic synaptic currents.In conclusion, serotonin excites septohippocampal neurons primarily via the serotonin,, receptor and atypical antipsychotics block this excitation at clinically relevant concentrations. (C) 1997 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.