Synchronization of rat hippocampal neurons in the absence of excitatory amino acid-mediated transmission

Brain Research

Volumn 735, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-196

  Avoli, Massimo ^a   Nagao, Takeki ^a,b   Köhling, Rüdiger ^a,c   Lücke, Anne ^a   Mattia, Donatella ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute of Physiology   (Germany)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid; Hippocampus; K+ concentration increase; K+ channel blocker; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030574094     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00376-9     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. [1] Aram, J.A., Michaelson, H.B. and Wong, R.K.S., Synchronized GABAergic IPSPs recorded in the neocortex after blockade of synaptic transmission mediated by excitatory amino acids, J. Neurophysiol., 65 (1991) 1034-1041.
2. [2] Avoli, M., Mattia, D., Siniscalchi, A., Perreault, P. and Tomaiuolo, F., Pharmacology and electrophysiology of a synchronous GABA-mediated potential in the human neocortex, Neuroscience, 62 (1994) 655-666.
3. [3] Avoli, M. and Perreault, P., A GABAergic depolarizing potential in the hippocampus disclosed by the convulsant 4-aminopyridine, Brain Res., 400 (1987) 191-195.
4. [4] Barbarosie, M., Nagao, T. and Avoli, M., Control of 4-aminopyridine-induced synchronous activity by adenosine A1 and μ-opioid receptor agonists in adult rat hippocampus, Neurosci. Lett., 182 (1994) 208-212.
5. + evoked by GABA, THIP and baclofen in the guinea-pig hippocampal slice, Exp. Brain Res., 84 (1991) 591-598.
6. [6] Capogna, M., Gahwiler, B.H. and Thompson, S.M., Mechanism of μ-opioid receptor-mediated presynaptic inhibition in the rat hippocampus in vitro, J. Physiol., 470 (1993) 539-558.
7. [7] Cotman, C.W. and Monaghan, D.T., Chemistry and anatomy of excitatory amino acid systems. In H. Meltzer (Ed.), Psychopharmacology: The Third Generation of Progress, Raven Press, New York, 1987.
8. [8] Fueta, Y. and Avoli, M., Tetraethylammonium-induced epileptiform activity in young and adult hippocampus, Dev. Brain Res., 72 (1993) 51-58.
9. [9] Galvan, M., Grafe, P. and ten Bruggencate, G., Convulsant actions of 4-aminopyridine on the guinea pig olfactory cortex slice, Brain Res., 241 (1982) 75-86.
10. [10] Hansen, A.J. and Zeuthen, T., Extracellular ion concentrations during spreading depression and ischemia in the rat brain cortex, Acta Physiol. Scand., 113 (1981) 437-445.
11. [11] Jefferys, J.G.R. and Haas, H.L., Synchronized bursting of CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells in the absence of synaptic transmission, Nature, 300 (1982) 448-450.
12. [12] Kaila, K., Rydqvist, B., Pasternack, M. and Voipio, J., Inward current caused by sodium-dependent uptake of GABA in the crayfish stretch-receptor neurone, J. Physiol., 453 (1992) 627-645.
13. A receptor-mediated IPSPs in rat neocortical neurons, J. Physiol., 464 (1993) 273-289.
14. [14] Kraig, R.P. and Nicholson, C., Extracellular ionic variations during spreading depression, Neuroscience, 3 (1978) 1045-1059.
15. A receptor-mediated dendritic inhibition in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus, J. Neurophysiol, 66 (1991) 1538-1548.
16. [16] Leao, A.A.P., Spreading depression of activity in the cerebral cortex, J. Neurophysiol., 7 (1944) 359-390.
17. [17] Louvel, J., Avoli, M., Kurcewicz, I. and Pumain, R., Extracellular free potassium during synchronous activity induced by 4-aminopyridine in the juvenile rat hippocampus, Neurosci. Lett., 167 (1994) 97-100.
18. 0 in the adult rat entorhinal cortex maintained in vitro, Neurosci. Lett., 185 (1995) 155-158.
19. - channels in astrocytes of hippocampal slices, J. Neurosci., 9 (1989) 3577-3583.
20. [20] Madison, D.V. and Nicoll, R.A., Norepinephrine decreases synaptic inhibition in the rat hippocampus, Brain Res., 442 (1988) 131-138.
21. [21] McBain, C.J., Traynelis, S.F. and Dingledine, R., Regional variation of extracellular space in hippocampus under physiological and pathological conditions, Science, 249 (1990) 674-677.
22. A receptors in the hippocampus, Science, 253 (1991) 1420-1423.
23. [23] Michelson, H.B. and Wong, R.K.S., Synchronization of inhibitory neurones in the guinea-pig hippocampus in vitro, J. Physiol., 477 (1994) 35-45.
24. [24] Mihaly, A., Bencsik, K. and Solymon, T., Naltrexone potentiates 4-aminopyridine seizures in the rat, J. Neural Transm., 79 (1990) 59-67.
25. + in GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid)-evoked depolarization of peripheral nerve, Brain Res., 278 (1983) 127-135.
26. + accumulations and synchronous GABA-mediated potentials evoked by 4-aminopyridine in the adult rat hippocampus, Exp. Brain Res., (1996) in press.
27. [27] Müller, W. and Misgeld, U., Picrotoxin-and 4-aminopyridine-induced activity in hilar neurons in the guinea pig hippocampal slice, J. Neurophysiol., 65 (1991) 141-147.
28. [28] Nagao, T., Köhling, R., Lücke, A., Mattia, D. and Avoli, M., Synchronous activity in the absence of excitatory amino acid-mediated transmission in the rat hippocampus in vitro, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 21 (1995) 982.
29. [29] Nicholson, C. and Kraig, R.P., The behavior of extracellular ions during spreading depression. In T. Zeuthen (Ed.), The Application of Ion-selective Electrodes, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1981, pp. 217-238.
30. [30] Perreault, P. and Avoli, M., Effects of low concentrations of 4-aminopyridine of CA1 pyramidal cells of the hippocampus, J. Neurophysiol., 67 (1989) 953-970.
31. [31] Perreault, P. and Avoli, M., Physiology and pharmacology of epileptiform activity induced by 4-aminopyridine in rat hippocampal slices, J. Neurophysiol., 65 (1991) 771-785.
32. [32] Perreault, P. and Avoli, M., 4-Aminopyridine-induced epileptiform activity and a GABA-mediated long-lasting depolarization in the rat hippocampus, J. Neurosci., 12 (1992) 104-115.
33. [33] Psarropoulou, C. and Avoli, M., 4-Aminopyridine-induced spreading depression episodes in immature hippocampus: developmental and pharmacological characteristics, Neuroscience, 55 (1993) 57-68.
34. [34] Rudy, B., Diversity and ubiquity of K channels, Neuroscience, 25 (1988) 729-749.
35. [35] Rutecki, P.A., Lebeda, F.J. and Johnston, D., 4-Aminopyridine produces epileptiform activity in hippocampus and enhances synaptic excitation and inhibition, J. Neurophysiol., 57 (1987) 1911-1924.
36. [36] Rutecki, P.A., Lebeda, F.J. and Johnston, D., Epileptiform activity in the hippocampus produced by tetraethylammonium, J. Neurophysiol., 64 (1990) 1077-1088.
37. [37] Schwartzkroin, P.A. and Prince, D.A., Effects of TEA on hippocampal neurons, Brain Res., 185 (1980) 169-181.
38. [38] Steinhäuser, C., Jabs, R. and Kettenmann, H., Properties of GABA and glutamate responses in identified cells of the mouse hippocampal slice, Hippocampus, 4 (1994) 19-36.
39. [39] Storm, J.F., Action potential repolarization and a fast after-hyperpolarization in rat hippocampal pyramidal cells, J. Physiol., 385 (1987) 733-759.
40. [40] Szente, M. and Baranyi, A., Mechanism of aminopyridine-induced ictal seizure activity in the cat neocortex, Brain Res., 413 (1987) 368-373.
41. [41] Voskyul, R.A. and Albus, H., Spontaneous epileptiform discharges in hippocampal slices induced by 4-aminopyridine, Brain Res., 342 (1985) 54-66.