MODEL FOR MODE OF ACTION OF GABA ON PRIMARY AFFERENT TERMINALS - DEPOLARIZING EFFECTS OF GABA APPLIED IONTOPHORETICALLY TO NEURONS OF MAMMALIAN DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA
MODEL FOR MODE OF ACTION OF GABA ON PRIMARY AFFERENT TERMINALS - DEPOLARIZING EFFECTS OF GABA APPLIED IONTOPHORETICALLY TO NEURONS OF MAMMALIAN DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA
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DOI:
10.1016/0028-3908(74)90145-2
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
RASMINSKY, M
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作者:
FELTZ, P;RASMINSKY, M
In rats under pentobarbitone anaesthesia, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was tested on sensory neurones of lumbar spinal ganglia. Intracellular recordings were made from cells identified by their response to antidromic dorsal root stimulation. γ-Aminobutyric acid was applied to the impaled neurones by microiontophoresis at extracellular sites where unitary evoked field potentials of 2 10 mV were recorded. The common effect of GABA was a reversible depolarizing shift of the membrane potential, ascertained either directly from d.c. membrane potential recordings or indirectly from a.c. recordings of changes in amplitude of the components of the antidromic spike: i.e. peak and hyperpolarizing after-potential. The depolarizing response to GABA often promoted repetitive firing and generally underwent rapid “desensitization”. The changes in membrane potential induced by GABA were associated with a consistent decrease in the membrane resistance ascertained either by direct measurements of the input resistance or indirect estimates from changes of the relationship between spike amplitude and membrane polarization.It is proposed to investigate further this depolarizing action of GABA on spinal ganglia neurones as a model for the determination of the ionic dependency of GABA depolarizing responses which are likely to mediate presynaptic inhibition on primary afferent terminals.