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1. The firing of spinal interneurones and Renshaw cells by microelectrophoretic (+/-)-ibotenate, which was approximately eight times more active as an excitant than L-glutamate, was followed by prolonged depression of the sensitivity of the neurones to excitant amino acids and acetylcholine. 2. The depression, which lasted for 15--30 min when ibotenate was ejected for 3--6 min, was blocked by the GABA-antagonist bicuculline methochloride, and was independent of prior firing since it occurred with subthreshold concentrations of ibotenate and when ibotenate firing had been blocked by DL-alpha-aminoadipate. 3. When administered electrophoretically for 5 min, muscimol, a potent GABA agonist, reduced neuronal excitability for prolonged periods and this effect was also prevented by bicuculline methochloride. 4. The depression of neuronal excitability produced by GABA, taurine, isoguvacine or 3-aminopropane sulphonate, ejected for periods of 5--6 min, recovered rapidly. 5. It is suggested that ibotenate is converted in vivo to muscimol or a related compound which has a prolonged, bicuculline-sensitive depressant action on the excitability of neurones.

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