NMDA receptors contribute to primary visceral afferent transmission in the nucleus of the solitary tract

Journal of Neurophysiology
M L AylwinAnn C Bonham

Abstract

The nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) is a principal site for coordinating the reflex control of autonomic function. The nucleus receives and organizes primary visceral (sensory) afferent inputs from the great vessels, heart, lung, and gastrointestinal organs. Glutamate, the excitatory neurotransmitter released by the primary afferent fibers, activates non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (non-NMDA) receptors on second-order neurons in the NTS. Still in question is whether NMDA receptors on the second-order neurons are also activated. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to directly determine whether NMDA receptors contribute to synaptic transmission of primary visceral afferent input to second-order neurons in the NTS. Whole cell patch-clamp recordings were obtained from intermediate and caudal NTS neurons in rat coronal medullary slices. Excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) were evoked by stimulation of the solitary tract (1-25 V, 0.1 ms, 0.2 or 0.5 Hz) at membrane potentials ranging from -90 to +60 mV. In 28 of 32 neurons in which current-voltage relationships were obtained for solitary-tract-evoked EPSCs, the currents had short onset latencies (3.42 +/- 1.03 ms, mean +/- SD), indicating that they were the result of monosyna...Continue Reading

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