PMID: 16642790Apr 29, 2006Paper

Synaptically-silent immature neurons show gaba and glutamate receptor-mediated currents in adult rat dentate gyrus

Archives italiennes de biologie
P AmbroginiR Cuppini

Abstract

The fate of adult-generated neurons in dentate gyrus is mainly determined early, before they receive synapses. In developing brain, classical neurotransmitters such as GABA and glutamate exert trophic effects before synaptogenesis. In order for this to occur in adult brain as well, immature non-contacted cells must express functional receptors to GABA and glutamate. In this investigation, patch-clamp recordings were used in adult rat dentate gyrus slices to assess the presence and analyze the characteristics of GABA- and glutamate-evoked currents in highly immature, synaptically-silent granule cells. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings showed that all the analyzed cells responded to puff application of GABA and most of them responded to glutamate. Currents evoked by GABA were mediated exclusively by GABAA receptors and those elicited by glutamate were mediated by NMDA and AMPA/Kainate receptors. GABAA receptor-mediated currents were reduced by furosemide, which suggests that synaptically-silent immature neurons express high-affinity, alpha4-subunit-containing GABAA receptors. Gramicidin-perforated-patch recordings showed that GABAA receptor-mediated currents exerted a depolarizing effect due to high intracellular chloride concent...Continue Reading

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