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Differential long-lasting potentiation of the NMDA and non-NMDA synaptic currents induced by metabotropic and NMDA receptor coactivation in cerebellar granule cells.
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| Author | Rossi, Paola D'Angelo, Egidio Taglietti, Vanni |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Abstract | UNLABELLED Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings in rat cerebellar slices were used to investigate the effect of metabotropic glutamate receptor activation on mossy fibre-granule cell synaptic transmission. Transient application of 20 microM 1S, 3R-aminocyclopentane-1, 3-dicarboxylic acid simultaneously with low-frequency NMDA receptor activation induced long-lasting non-decremental potentiation of both NMDA and non-NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission. Potentiation could be prevented by application of the metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist (+)-O-methyl-4-carboxyphenyl-glycine at 500 microM. Characteristically, NMDA potentiation was two to three times as large as non-NMDA current potentiation, occurred only in a slow subcomponent, and was voltage-independent. This result demonstrates a pivotal role of NMDA receptors in the metabotropic potentiation of transmission, which may be important in regulating cerebellar information processing. KEYWORDS cerebellum, LTP, metabotropic receptors, NMDA receptors, patch-clamp, rat |
| Starting Page | 17 |
| Ending Page | 26 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www-5.unipv.it/dangelo/wp-content/uploads/n-Rossi1996.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 8752588v1 |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Journal | The European journal of neuroscience |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cortical Cell Layer of the Cerebellum Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists Glutamate Receptor Glutamic Acid Long-Term Potentiation N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors N-Methylaspartate Receptor Activation Process Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate Synaptic Transmission Thioctic Acid chemosensitization/potentiation glycine N-methyltransferase granule cell voltage |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |