Serotonin modulates induced synaptic activity in the optic tectum of the frog
Serotonin modulates induced synaptic activity in the optic tectum of the frog
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血清素调节青蛙视顶盖诱导的突触活动
DOI:
10.1016/s0006-8993(97)01230-4
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发表时间:
1998
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
E. Debski
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文献类型:
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作者:
A. Malayev;E. Debski
The extent to which retinal signals are modulated at central sites is unknown. We sought to determine the effects of serotonin, a neurotransmitter present in the retinorecipient layers of the frog tectum, on retinotectal transmission. Acute electrical stimulation delivered to the retinorecipient layer of optic tectum brain slices was used to model the activation of tectal neurons by visual inputs. This stimulation evoked either a monosynaptic or a polysynaptic current response in patch-clamped tectal neurons. External application of serotonin blocked both of these induced currents as did 5-carbotryptamine (5-CT), a nonselective agonist of 5-HT1receptors. Alpha-methylserotonin, a nonselective agonist of 5-HT2receptors, also blocked polysynaptic responses but was less effective than either serotonin or 5-CT in blocking monosynaptic ones. Lateral synaptic interactions between tectal cells, modeled by acute electrical stimulation in the main cellular layer of the tectum, were also blocked by serotonin, 5-CT or α-methylserotonin. The presented data suggest that endogenous serotonin may strongly affect visual signal processing by modulating synaptic transmission between both the retina and the tectum as well as between tectal neurons. This modulation is likely to be due, at least in part, to a demonstrated outward current induced by serotonin in a subpopulation of tectal cells.
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DOI:
10.1016/0165-3806(93)90156-5
发表时间:
1993
期刊:
Brain research. Developmental brain research
影响因子:
--
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
2.5
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
7.3
作者:
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通讯作者:
GLENNON, RA
DOI:
10.1159/000114350
发表时间:
1991
期刊:
Brain, behavior and evolution
影响因子:
--
作者:
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通讯作者:
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