CL(-)CHANNELS ARE RANDOMLY ACTIVATED BY CONTINUOUS GABA SECRETION IN CULTURED EMBRYONIC RAT HIPPOCAMPAL-NEURONS

被引:49
作者
VALEYEV, AY [1 ]
CRUCIANI, RA [1 ]
LANGE, GD [1 ]
SMALLWOOD, VS [1 ]
BARKER, JL [1 ]
机构
[1] NINCDS,INSTRUMENTATE COMP SECT,BETHESDA,MD 20892
关键词
GABA; SECRETION; GABA-A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; EMBRYONIC HIPPOCAMPAL NEURON;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(93)90707-R
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Throughout the adult vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) mediates transient Cl- conductances commonly identified as fast, Cl--dependent inhibitory synaptic signals [Prog. Neurobiol., 36 (1991) 35 92]. In the rat hippocampus Cl--dependent excitatory transients mediated by GABA emerge during the first postnatal week superimposed on a steady-state baseline that is also Cl-- and GABA-dependent [Int. J.Dev. Neurosci., 8 (1990) 481-490]. Here we report that many embryonic rat hippocampal neurons cultured for hours to days exhibit random fluctuations in Cl- channel activity that are mediated by continuous secretion of GABA in the absence of transients. Thus, GABA is broadcast tonically before it is released transiently.
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