Excitation of rat substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons by 5-hydroxytryptamine in vitro: evidence for a direct action mediated by 5-hydroxytryptamine2C receptors

Neuroscience
C E RickM G Lacey

Abstract

Single-unit extracellular and whole-cell patch clamp recording were used to study the actions of exogenously applied 5-hydroxytryptamine on substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons in parasaggital slices of rat midbrain. Seventy-six per cent of substantia nigra pars reticulata cells (254/334) recorded extracellularly were excited by 5-hydroxytryptamine (EC50 = 9.56 microM); in the remainder, inhibitions (13.5%), biphasic responses (4.2%) or lack of response (6.3%) were observed. Using whole-cell patch recording, 5-hydroxytryptamine (10 microM) caused either an inward current (9/9 cells) or a depolarization (3/3 cells) at membrane potentials in the range -50 to -90 mV, which was resistant to tetrodotoxin (4/4 cells), indicating that the predominant, excitatory action of 5-hydroxytryptamine was due to a direct action on substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons. The 5-hydroxytryptamine excitation (recorded extracellularly) was reduced to 24 +/- 6% of control values by methysergide (0.1 microM) and to 17 +/- 5% of control by ketanserin (10 microM), but was unaffected by the 5-hydroxytryptamine antagonists spiperone (0.1 microM), yohimbine (0.1 microM), pindolol (1 microM), GR113808A (1 microM) or ICS 205930 (10 microM). In addition...Continue Reading

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