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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-18
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic nicotine exposure (CNE) can alter brain development and is thought to produce deficits in auditory function. Previously, we found that CNE during the second postnatal week, but not before or after, increases the duration of excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) in rat auditory cortex. It was proposed that a potential mechanism underlying increased EPSP duration could be over-stimulation of presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, leading to prolonged glutamate release. Since glutamatergic activity regulates levels of postsynaptic NMDAR subunits, here we examine the effects of CNE on mRNA expression for the NR2A and NR2B subunits in auditory cortex and thalamus. Two days of CNE (postnatal days 8-9), produced no effects, but 5 days (postnatal days 8-12) enhanced cortical NR2A mRNA levels and reduced thalamic NR2B mRNA levels for up to 2 weeks. These effects are consistent with the hypothesis that CNE during a postnatal critical period disrupts auditory cortex development by over-stimulating glutamatergic synapses.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0165-3806
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
133
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Auditory Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Environmental Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Geniculate Bodies, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Nicotine, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:11850060-Tobacco Use Disorder
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Nicotine exposure during a postnatal critical period alters NR2A and NR2B mRNA expression in rat auditory forebrain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 2205 Biological Sciences II, Irvine, CA 92697-4550, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't