SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS AND EFFECTS OF AMINO-ACID ANTAGONISTS IN THE AUDITORY-CORTEX
SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS AND EFFECTS OF AMINO-ACID ANTAGONISTS IN THE AUDITORY-CORTEX
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DOI:
10.1016/0361-9230(92)90039-z
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发表时间:
1992-03-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
ASHE, JH
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作者:
COX, CL;METHERATE, R;ASHE, JH
Neurons of in vitro guinea pig and rat auditory cortex receive a complex synaptic pattern of afferent information. As many as four synaptic responses to a single-stimulus pulse to the gray or white matter can occur; an early-EPSP followed, sequentially, by an early-IPSP, late-EPSP. and late-IPSP. Paired pulse stimulation and pharmacological studies show that the early-IPSP can modify information transmission that occurs by way of the early-EPSP. Each of these four synaptic responses differed in estimated reversal potential. and each was differentially sensitive to antagonism by pharmacological agents. DNQX (6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione), a quisqualate/kainate receptor antagonist, blocked the early-EPSP, and the late-EPSP was blocked by the NMDA receptor antagonist APV (D-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate). The early-IPSP was blocked by the GABA-a receptor antagonist bicuculline, and the late-IPSP by the GABA-b receptor antagonists 2-OH saclofen or phaclofen. Presentation of stimulus trains, even at relatively low intensities, could produce a long-lasting APV-sensitive membrane depolarization. Also discussed is the possible role of these synaptic potentials in auditory cortical function and plasticity.