PMID: 11912064Mar 26, 2002Paper

The effects of ethanol on pre-synaptic components of synaptic transmission in a model glutamatergic synapse: the crayfish neuromuscular junction

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Toxicology & Pharmacology : CBP
Jeffery R Strawn, Robin L Cooper

Abstract

We have elucidated some of the mechanisms by which ethanol (EtOH) reduces synaptic efficacy at model glutamatergic synapses. The crayfish phasic and tonic neuromuscular junctions are superb models for directly assessing the effects of EtOH on pre-synaptic components of synaptic transmission. The ability to perform quantal analysis of synaptic transmission has allowed us to assess pre-synaptic alterations of release. Using this system, we report that the application of EtOH, within a range observed in intoxicated humans (44 and 88 mM), resulted in a diminution of excitatory post-synaptic potentials (EPSP) amplitudes. Additionally, using focal macro-patch recordings, quantal synaptic currents were recorded to assess the pre-synaptic component as potential target sites for EtOH's action. At the tonic neuromuscular junctions, EtOH (88 mM) reduced the probability of release (p), and in some cases, reduced the number of the release sites (n), but did not alter facilitation index nor did it affect the latency of vesicular release. At the phasic neuromuscular junction, a reduction in synaptic charge occurred during the presence of EtOH. Thus, the observed decrease in synaptic strength is at least partially attributable to a pre-synapti...Continue Reading

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