Noradrenergic potentiation of cerebellar Purkinje cell responses to GABA: evidence for mediation through the beta-adrenoceptor-coupled cyclic AMP system.

Brain Research
F M SesslerB D Waterhouse

Abstract

Previous in vivo studies from our laboratory have consistently shown that iontophoretically applied norepinephrine (NE) can potentiate gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-induced depressant responses of cerebrocortical, cerebellar and hypothalamic neurons. Additional experiments have further suggested that this noradrenergic facilitating action is specific for GABA and results from the activation of a beta-type adrenoceptor. The goal of the present studies was to determine if the cAMP second messenger system might also be a component of the mechanism responsible for this NE modulatory action on GABA-mediated inhibition. In one set of in vitro experiments, we examined cerebellar neuronal responses to GABA before, during and after iontophoretic application of NE, 8-bromo-3',5'-cyclic AMP (BcAMP) or 3-isobutyl-1-methyl xanthine (IBMX) or bath application of forskolin (10-30 microM). In a second group of in vivo studies, extracellularly recorded responses of individual cerebellar Purkinje (P) cells to iontophoretic pulses of GABA or beta-alanine were examined before, during and after NE or BcAMP microiontophoresis. In 20 of 25 cerebellar cells recorded from tissue slices, iontophoretically applied NE markedly enhanced responses to GABA ...Continue Reading

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