Serotonin-induced inhibition of locomotor rhythm of the rat isolated spinal cord is mediated by the 5-HT1 receptor class
Serotonin-induced inhibition of locomotor rhythm of the rat isolated spinal cord is mediated by the 5-HT1 receptor class
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DOI:
10.1098/rspb.1998.0542
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发表时间:
1998-11-07
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4.7
通讯作者:
Nistri, A
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作者:
Beato, M;Nistri, A
The neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) induces rhythmic motor patterns (fictive locomotion) of the neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro; this is a useful experimental model to study the generation of a motor programme at exclusively spinal level. Nevertheless, 5-HT slows down the fictive locomotion typically elicited by activation of NMDA glutamate receptors, suggesting a complex action of this monoamine. By means of electrophysiological recordings from multiple ventral roots we demonstrated that the decrease caused by 5-HT in NMDA-induced periodicity was close-dependent, enhanced after pharmacological blocking of 5-HT2 excitatory receptors, and imitated by pharmacological agonists of the 5-HT1 receptor family. Selective blockers of the 5 -HT1A or 5-HT1B/D receptor classes, either alone or in combination, largely (but not completely) attenuated this inhibitory action of 5-HT It is concluded that the principal inhibitory action of 5-HT on the spinal locomotor network was mediated by certain subtypes of the 5-HT1 receptor class, which tends to oppose the 5-HT2 receptor-mediated excitation of the same network.