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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
To determine whether AMPA receptor channel desensitization has a physiological role in shaping network activity by modulating signal transmission through excitatory circuits, we examined the effects of cyclothiazide (CYT), the most potent known blocker of AMPA receptor desensitization, on the behavior of an endogenously active neural system in vitro, the brainstem network generating rhythmic respiratory oscillations in neonatal rat medullary slices. Bath application of 100 microM CYT significantly increased the frequency of endogenously generated rhythm and increased the amplitude of the circuit output [i.e., discharge of hypoglossal (XII) respiratory motoneurons]. Local application of CYT within the XII motor nucleus produced a concentration-dependent increase (up to 35%) in amplitude of the motoneuron population discharge as well as an increase in the peak current (23%) and total charge transfer of the rhythmic inspiratory synaptic drive (33%) to individual XII motoneurons. CYT also acted postsynaptically to increase the amplitude of spontaneous EPSCs in motoneurons. In addition, CYT produced a profound, long-term augmentation of network frequency and motor output that may be secondary to block of desensitization. These results suggest that AMPA receptor desensitization has functionally significant effects on the temporal behavior and output of the rhythmic, respiratory neural network, and, by extrapolation, on other integrative actions of the mammalian CNS.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0270-6474
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4046-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Antihypertensive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Benzothiadiazines, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Evoked Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Glyburide, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Hypoglossal Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Medulla Oblongata, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Nerve Net, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Receptors, AMPA, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Respiration, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:7751964-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Modulation of neural network activity in vitro by cyclothiazide, a drug that blocks desensitization of AMPA receptors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiological Science, University of California at Los Angeles 90095-1527, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't