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THE MECHANISMS HIPPOCAMPAL
MAKOTO
OSANAI,
KIM10 AKAGAWA,
Dept. of Physiology,
Long-term
Kyorin University
potentiation
presynaptic
KAZUHIKO
is attributable
([Ca2+le)
from the granule cells of the dentate gyrus to the CA3 pyramidal
the modulatory
of EPSC amplitude
activator of adenylyl cyclase, was applied, EPSC amplitude
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of exocytotic
‘Dept. of Physiology,
Activation
EXOCYTOSIS
and paired-pulse
THROUGH
and formed autaptic connections. containing
was adjusted to around 50 r&l. When intrapipette
solution contained GTP-y-S (0.1mM). Application that synaptic exocytosis
was suppressed.
D,-LIKE
EIKO KOGA, TOSHIHIKO
dopaminergic
I-OH-DPAT
the EPSC irreversibly when pipette EPSC,
at presynaptic
terminal. Reduction
of hippocampal
neurons in culture.
1NHIBITlON
NEURONS
of CAMP mediated by
OF
GLUTAMATERGIC
1N THE RAT VENTRAL
SYNAPTlC
TEGMENTAL
AREA
MOMIYAMA Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523
study was carried out using thin (200 urn) slice preparation (DA) on the non-NMDA
glutamatergic
excitatory
of 8-16 day old rat brain to elucidate
postsynaptic
currents
(EPSCs)
in the putative
(0.5 uM) at -60 mV, and were blocked by CNQX (5 uM). Bath application
t 10
of DA (30 PM) reduced the
of the evoked EPSCs by 37.2 + 2.69 % (mean + S E.M., n=9) of the control without affecting the holding current
Quinpirole
(30 PM), a D,-like receptor agonist, also reduced the EPSC amplitude
DA-induced sulpiride
were analyzed
neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). EPSCs were evoked at 0.2 Hz in the presence of bicuculline
PM) and strychnine amplitude
suppressed
a
neurons
(3OpM). Intracellular free Ca2*
did not affect the quanta1 size of the asynchronous
RECEPTOR-MEDIATED
ONTO DOPAMINERGIC
Nagasaki Univ. School of Medicine,
patch-clamp
neurons. Hippocampal
Since 5-HT (10 @I) had almost same effect with that of 8-OH-DPAT,
5-HTIA receptor may underly decrease in the synaptic exocytosis
TRANSMISSION
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solution contained 0.3 mM GTP, bath-applied
of 8-OH-DPAT
5-HTIA receptor would be a major subtype of 5-HT receptors
A whole-cell
IN CULTURED
on synaptic transmission
APV (3OpM) and picrotoxin
(10 @I) reduced amplitude of autaptic EPSC reversibly, while S-OH-DPAT
the effect of dopamine
of
We examined effects of I-OH-DPAT,
in the cultured hippocampal
Effects of 8-OH-DPAT
concentration
Dept. of Physiology,
dependence
was not due to the change of
S-HT,* RECEPTOR
of cAMP through G-protein.
on the synaptic transmission
recording methods in a bath-solution
DOPAMINE
(PPM) on extracellular
but the [Ca2+],
and PPM decreased,
of synaptic transmission
Kyorin Univ. School of Medicine, Mitaka,Tokyo
by whole-cell
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modulation
NEURON.
of S-HTiA receptor causes down-regulation
selective agonist of 5-HTi* receptor,
suggesting
of the
at the mossy fiber
MIKI KOGURE2, OSAMU TAJIMA2
2Dept. of Neuropsychiatory,
grew on glial micro-islands
increased
that the enhancement
OF SYNAPTIC
RAT HIPPOCAMPAL YAMAGUCHI’,
mechanisms
of the exocytosis
machinery.
SUPPRESSION
KAZUHIKO
release. But the modulatory mechanisms
using the autapse of the cultured neuron from rat dentate gyms region. When forskolin,an
EPSC did not change. This result suggested Ca2+-sensitivity
OF SINGLE
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to increase in the transmitter
were not clear. For elucidating
AT MICROCULTURE
GYRUS REGION.
YAMAGUCHI
School of Medicine,
terminal, we analyzed the dependence
Ca2+ concentration
POTENTIATION
(LTP) in the mossy fiber pathway,
cells of the hippocampus synaptic exocytosis
OF SYNAPTIC
NEURON FROM RAT DENTATE
inhibition
(5 PM),
transmission
a D,-like
receptor
antagonist.
onto VTA DA neurons via DJike
by 48.7 + 11 I % (n=4) of the control.
from 33.5 + 3.49 to 2.57 + I .28 Oh(n-3) by simultaneous
of EPSC was antagonized
These
receptors.
results
suggest
that
DA inhibits
non-NMDA
application
of
glutamatergic