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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are comprised of different subunits. NR2 subunits confer different pharmacological and biophysical properties to NMDARs. Although NR2B subunit expression is uniform throughout striatum, NR2A subunit expression is greater laterally. Pharmacologically isolated NMDAR-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents (NMDAR-EPSCs) were elicited using minimal local stimulation and recorded in the whole cell configuration to test the hypothesis that biophysical and pharmacological properties of NMDAR-EPSCs of striatal neurons would vary as a function of their location in adult rat striatum. We observed that the decay-time kinetics of NMDAR-EPSCs are significantly slower in neurons of ventromedial versus dorsolateral striatum. Whereas ifenprodil did not differentially affect NMDAR-EPSCs in these regions, application of either glycine or D-serine increased the peak current of NMDAR-EPSCs selectively in dorsolateral striatum. These data provide evidence for functionally distinct NMDARs in the same neuron type in the same brain region of the adult rodent brain. These data thus suggest that the nature of synaptic processing of excitatory input is different in the ventromedial and dorsolateral striatum of the adult rodent brain, regions differentially involved in limbic versus sensorimotor processes, respectively.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-3077
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Glycine, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Limbic System, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Piperidines, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Serine, pubmed-meshheading:12522160-Synapses
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence for functionally distinct synaptic NMDA receptors in ventromedial versus dorsolateral striatum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't