Properties of the postsynaptic currents mediated by NMDA receptors or GABAA receptors recorded in the pyramidal or granular neurons of rat visual cortex
QIN Wei,YIN Zheng-qin,WENG Chuan-huang,ZHAO Yan-jun,GAO Peng-fen.Properties of the postsynaptic currents mediated by NMDA receptors or GABAA receptors recorded in the pyramidal or granular neurons of rat visual cortex[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2008,30(08):714-716.
QIN Wei,YIN Zheng-qin,WENG Chuan-huang,ZHAO Yan-jun,GAO Peng-fen.Properties of the postsynaptic currents mediated by NMDA receptors or GABAA receptors recorded in the pyramidal or granular neurons of rat visual cortex[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2008,30(08):714-716.DOI:
Objective To investigate the relationship of the neuron shape of rat visual cortex with the properties of excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) mediated by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA
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) receptors during the critical period of visual development. Methods We recorded the postsynaptic currents in the visual cortex
slices of Wistar rats at postnatal days 14 to 28 by using whole-cell patch
and recorded pharmaceutically the postsynaptic currents mediated by NMDA receptors or GABA
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receptors
and performed the intracellular labelling. Results The peak value
rise time and decay time of EPSCs mediated by NMDA receptors and the NMDA/Glutamate ratio of pyramidal neurons in the visual cortex were similar to that of granular neurons (P0.05); The decay time of IPSCs of pyramidal neurons in the visual cortex was shorter than that of granular neurons (P0.05)
but the peak value and rise time did not change markedly (P0.05). Conclusion During the critical period of visual development
GABA
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receptors play the various role in the synaptic transmission of different rat visual cortical neurons