THYROTROPIN-RELEASING-HORMONE SELECTIVELY DEPRESSES GLUTAMATE EXCITATION OF CEREBRAL CORTICAL-NEURONS

被引:86
作者
RENAUD, LP
BLUME, HW
PITTMAN, QJ
LAMOUR, Y
TAN, AT
机构
[1] Division of Neurology, Montreal General Hospital
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10.1126/science.224461
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The microiontophoretic application of thyrotropin-releasing hormone causes a selective reduction in neuronal excitation evoked by L-glutamate but not by acetylcholine in rat cerebral cortex. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone has no influence on the activity of acetylcholinesterase or on choline uptake and release from cerebral synaptosomes. This evidence for a selective interaction between a centrally acting peptide and an excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter may indicate a specific locus of thyrotropin-releasing hormone action at glutamate-activated receptor sites. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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