Voltage-activated sodium currents in acutely isolated mouse vestibular ganglion neurones

Neuroreport
C ChabbertG Desmadryl

Abstract

Voltage-activated sodium currents (INa) in vestibular ganglion neurones acutely isolated from postnatal mice were investigated using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Under recording conditions designed to allow the complete isolation of INa depolarizations from a holding potential of -80 mV revealed a fast inactivating inward current which was activated around -60 mV and exhibited maximum peak current around -30 mV. This current was eliminated when the cells were perifused with a Na(+)-free solution and almost totally blocked by application of 100 nM tetrodotoxin (TTX). These properties identify this inward current as TTX-sensitive INa. The half-maximum activation potential of INa was -46 mV and its half-maximum inactivation potential was -69 mV. This is the first report of voltage-activated sodium currents in vestibular primary neurones.

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