EFFECT OF A SIMPLE VISUAL-PATTERN ON THE EARLY POSTNATAL-DEVELOPMENT OF GABA RECEPTOR-SITES IN THE CHICK OPTIC LOBE

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作者
DEPLAZAS, SF
CONTERJNIC, D
FLORES, V
机构
[1] Institute de Biologia Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Paraguay 2155
关键词
GABA RECEPTOR; VISUAL PATTERN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; OPTIC LOBE; AVIAN NERVOUS SYSTEM;
D O I
10.1016/0736-5748(91)90040-S
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
It is known that manipulation of the visual environment results in changes in the developmental pattern of several neurotransmitter receptors and that the GABA receptor shows a high degree of plasticity in differential illumination experiments. In the present paper we investigated whether exposure to a visual pattern has a developmental effect on GABA receptor expression during early postnatal life. Two groups of newly hatched chicks were used: one was exposed to a simple and specific visual pattern and the other was deprived of any visual pattern. GABA receptors at each developmental stage were determined by binding experiments performed in a crude membrane fraction. Saturation studies were carried out in a fraction enriched in synaptic membranes. The developmental pattern of both high and low affinity GABA binding sites was affected by the visual pattern. This effect displays its maximal expression by the end of the first postnatal week. The modification in receptor expression was due to a change in the receptor density while the affinity was not affected. The change in receptor density induced by the presence of a visual pattern was highest at the end of the first postnatal week suggesting that at that time there is a brief period of higher plasticity for GABA receptor expression in the visual system than at other times. Our results also suggest that variations in GABA receptor density could be instrumental in adaptative changes in the visual system in response to variations in the environmental stimulation.
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