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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
Neurotransmitter signaling in the mature nervous system is well understood, but the functions of transmitters in the immature nervous system are less clear. Although transmitters released during embryogenesis regulate neuronal proliferation and migration, little is known about their role in regulating early neuronal differentiation. Here, we show that GABA and glutamate drive calcium-dependent embryonic electrical activity that regulates transmitter specification. The number of neurons expressing different transmitters changes when GABA or glutamate signaling is blocked chronically, either using morpholinos to knock down transmitter-synthetic enzymes or applying pharmacological receptor antagonists during a sensitive period of development. We find that calcium spikes are triggered by metabotropic GABA and glutamate receptors, which engage protein kinases A and C. The results reveal a novel role for embryonically expressed neurotransmitters.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD57, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Choline O-Acetyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GABA Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutamate Decarboxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutamic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Morpholines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoserine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, GABA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Glutamate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vesicular Glutamate Transport..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/methylserine phosphate
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4777-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Antigens, CD57, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Choline O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-GABA Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Glutamate Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Health Services Research, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Larva, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Morpholines, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Phosphoserine, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Receptors, GABA, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Receptors, Glutamate, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Vesicular Glutamate Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-Xenopus, pubmed-meshheading:18448654-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Embryonically expressed GABA and glutamate drive electrical activity regulating neurotransmitter specification.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences and Center for Molecular Genetics, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0357, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural