Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4341682 | Neuroscience | 2006 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
Suppression of depolarizing postsynaptic potentials and isolated GABA-A receptor-mediated fast inhibitory postsynaptic potentials by the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist, oxotremorine-M (10 μM), was investigated in adult and immature (P14-P30) rat piriform cortical (PC) slices using intracellular recording. Depolarizing postsynaptic potentials evoked by layers II-III stimulation underwent concentration-dependent inhibition in oxotremorine-M that was most likely presynaptic and M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated in immature, but M1-mediated in adult (P40-P80) slices; percentage inhibition was smaller in immature than in adult piriform cortex. In contrast, compared with adults, layer Ia-evoked depolarizing postsynaptic potentials in immature piriform cortex slices in oxotremorine-M, showed a prolonged multiphasic depolarization with superimposed fast transients and spikes, and an increased 'all-or-nothing' character. Isolated N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-mediated layer Ia depolarizing postsynaptic potentials (although significantly larger in immature slices) were however, unaffected by oxotremorine-M, but blocked by dl-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid. Fast inhibitory postsynaptic potentials evoked by layer Ib or layers II-III-fiber stimulation in immature slices were significantly smaller than in adults, despite similar estimated mean reversal potentials (â¼â69 and â70 mV respectively). In oxotremorine-M, only layer Ib-fast inhibitory postsynaptic potentials were suppressed; suppression was again most likely presynaptic M2-mediated in immature slices, but M1-mediated in adults. The degree of fast inhibitory postsynaptic potential suppression was however, greater in immature than in adult piriform cortex. Our results demonstrate some important physiological and pharmacological differences between excitatory and inhibitory synaptic systems in adult and immature piriform cortex that could contribute toward the increased susceptibility of this region to muscarinic agonist-induced epileptiform activity in immature brain slices.
Keywords
OXO-MNMDARα-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic aciddl-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acidGABA type A receptorN-methyl-d-aspartateNMDALIADL-APVAMPAOxotremorine-MmAChRPDSDPSPPPFLiBdepolarizing postsynaptic potential6-cyano-7-nitro-quinoxaline-2,3-dioneDMSOEPSPISIpaired-pulse facilitationParoxysmal depolarizing shiftdimethylsulphoxideDevelopmentCNQXInterstimulus intervalpiriform cortexlateral olfactory tractLotexcitatory postsynaptic potentialGABAARGABABRN-methyl-d-aspartate receptormuscarinic acetylcholine receptor
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Authors
B.J. Whalley, A. Constanti,