J Physiol Society Membership
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
 QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     


J Physiol Vol 476, Issue 2 pp 203-215
Copyright © 1994 by The Physiological Society
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Benardo, L S
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Benardo, L S

Separate activation of fast and slow inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in rat neocortex in vitro.

L S Benardo

Department of Neurology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn 11203.

Synaptic inhibition was investigated by stimulating inhibitory neurones with focal microapplications of glutamate, while recording from layer V pyramidal neurones of rat somatosensory cortical slices. One class of inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) thus elicited was characterized as a fast, chloride-mediated, GABAA IPSP in part by its fast time-to-peak (mean 2.5 ms) and brief duration, but primarily on the basis of its reversal potential at -68 mV, and its blockade by picrotoxin. The average peak amplitude for these fast IPSPs was -1.5 mV, measured at -60 mV. The peak conductance calculated for these events was about 10 nS. The conductance change associated with the maximal fast inhibitory postsynaptic potential resulting from electrical stimulation of afferent pathways ranged up to 116 nS. A second class of IPSP was encountered much less frequently. These glutamate-triggered events were characterized as slow, potassium-mediated GABAB IPSPs partly because of their longer times-to-peak (mean, 45 ms) and duration, but especially because of their extrapolated equilibrium potential at about -89 mV and blockade by 2-hydroxysaclofen. The average peak amplitude for these slow IPSPs was -2.3 mV, measured at -60 mV. The peak conductance for these events was about 8 nS. IPSPs resulting from the excitation of individual inhibitory interneurones were elicited by glutamate microapplication at particular locations relative to recording sites. Both fast and slow IPSPs were generated, but these occurred as separate events, and mixed responses were never seen. Thus, the two mechanistically distinct types of IPSPs which result from GABA interaction at GABAA and GABAB receptors on neocortical neurones may be mediated by separate classes of inhibitory neurones.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
J. Neurophysiol.Home page
U. Kim and L.-y. Chung
Dual GABAergic Synaptic Response of Fast Excitation and Slow Inhibition in the Medial Habenula of Rat Epithalamus
J Neurophysiol, September 1, 2007; 98(3): 1323 - 1332.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USAHome page
J. W. Middleton, A. Longtin, J. Benda, and L. Maler
The cellular basis for parallel neural transmission of a high-frequency stimulus and its low-frequency envelope
PNAS, September 26, 2006; 103(39): 14596 - 14601.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Neurophysiol.Home page
X. Jin, J. R. Huguenard, and D. A. Prince
Impaired Cl- Extrusion in Layer V Pyramidal Neurons of Chronically Injured Epileptogenic Neocortex
J Neurophysiol, April 1, 2005; 93(4): 2117 - 2126.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Neurosci.Home page
B. K. Murphy and K. D. Miller
Multiplicative Gain Changes Are Induced by Excitation or Inhibition Alone
J. Neurosci., November 5, 2003; 23(31): 10040 - 10051.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
ScienceHome page
G. Tamas, A. L. A. Simon, and J. Szabadics
Identified Sources and Targets of Slow Inhibition in the Neocortex
Science, March 21, 2003; 299(5614): 1902 - 1905.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Neurophysiol.Home page
N. Chery and Y. De Koninck
GABAB Receptors Are the First Target of Released GABA at Lamina I Inhibitory Synapses in the Adult Rat Spinal Cord
J Neurophysiol, August 1, 2000; 84(2): 1006 - 1011.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Neurophysiol.Home page
J. S. Nettleton and W. J. Spain
Linear to Supralinear Summation of AMPA-Mediated EPSPs in Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons
J Neurophysiol, June 1, 2000; 83(6): 3310 - 3322.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Neurophysiol.Home page
P. C. Bush, D. A. Prince, and K. D. Miller
Increased Pyramidal Excitability and NMDA Conductance Can Explain Posttraumatic Epileptogenesis Without Disinhibition: A Model
J Neurophysiol, October 1, 1999; 82(4): 1748 - 1758.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Neurophysiol.Home page
D. S. F. Ling and L. S. Benardo
Restrictions on Inhibitory Circuits Contribute to Limited Recruitment of Fast Inhibition in Rat Neocortical Pyramidal Cells
J Neurophysiol, October 1, 1999; 82(4): 1793 - 1807.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Neurophysiol.Home page
Z. Shao and A. Burkhalter
Role of GABAB Receptor-Mediated Inhibition in Reciprocal Interareal Pathways of Rat Visual Cortex
J Neurophysiol, March 1, 1999; 81(3): 1014 - 1024.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
ScienceHome page
T. K. Hensch, M. Fagiolini, N. Mataga, M. P. Stryker, S. Baekkeskov, and S. F. Kash
Local GABA Circuit Control of Experience-Dependent Plasticity in Developing Visual Cortex
Science, November 20, 1998; 282(5393): 1504 - 1508.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


Home page
J. Neurosci.Home page
G. Tamas, P. Somogyi, and E. H. Buhl
Differentially Interconnected Networks of GABAergic Interneurons in the Visual Cortex of the Cat
J. Neurosci., June 1, 1998; 18(11): 4255 - 4270.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
ScienceHome page
U. Kim, M. V. Sanchez-Vives, and D. A. McCormick
Functional Dynamics of GABAergic Inhibition in the Thalamus
Science, October 3, 1997; 278(5335): 130 - 134.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


Home page
J. Neurophysiol.Home page
R. Cerne and W. J. Spain
GABAA Mediated Afterdepolarization in Pyramidal Neurons From Rat Neocortex
J Neurophysiol, February 1, 1997; 77(2): 1039 - 1045.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Neurosci.Home page
Z. Shao and A. Burkhalter
Different Balance of Excitation and Inhibition in Forward and Feedback Circuits of Rat Visual Cortex
J. Neurosci., November 15, 1996; 16(22): 7353 - 7365.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Neurosci.Home page
Z. Gil and Y. Amitai
Properties of Convergent Thalamocortical and Intracortical Synaptic Potentials in Single Neurons of Neocortex
J. Neurosci., October 15, 1996; 16(20): 6567 - 6578.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1994 The Physiological Society.