Serotonin induces excitatory postsynaptic potentials in apical dendrites of neocortical pyramidal cells

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 589-599

  Aghajanian, G K ^a   Marek, G J ^a  

^a Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT; 5 HT(2A) receptor; EPSCs; Glutamatergic terminals; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Prefrontal cortex; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; 6 [2 (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL)ETHYL]DECAHYDRO 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ALPHA (2,3 DIMETHOXYPHENYL) 1 [2 (4 FLUOROPHENYL)ETHYL] 4 PIPERIDINEMETHANOL; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; CALCIUM; DECAHYDRO 6 [2 (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL)ETHYL] 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; EPLIVANSERIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AMPHETAMINES; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYCLOLEUCINE; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0031006582     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(97)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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