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Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.

1. A Ca(2+)-dependent interaction between non-NMDA and NMDA receptors was studied in embryonic rat dorsal horn neurons grown in tissue culture using perforated-patch recording. Specifically, non-NMDA receptors were found to induce reversible inhibition of NMDA receptors in a manner dependent on the presence of extracellular Ca2+. 2. Non-NMDA receptor-induced inhibition of NMDA receptors was mediated by the elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration produced by Ca2+ entry through a subpopulation of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) non-NMDA receptors. Furthermore, Ca2+ entry through the AMPA channels alone is sufficient for desensitization of NMDA channels to occur. 3. Imaging of neuritic sites of Ca2+ revealed that Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA channels are often co-localized with NMDA channels on dorsal horn neurons, indicating that the Ca(2+)-mediated interaction between receptors may occur within small dendritic domains. 4. The ability of Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA channels to inhibit adjacent NMDA channels may contribute to the postsynaptic integration of excitatory input.