Publication Date:
1989-03-17
Description:
Glutamate activates a number of different receptor-channel complexes, each of which may contribute to generation of excitatory postsynaptic potentials in the mammalian central nervous system. The rapid application of the selective glutamate agonist, quisqualate, activates a large rapidly inactivating current (3 to 8 milliseconds), which is mediated by a neuronal ionic channel with high unitary conductance (35 picosiemens). The current through this channel shows pharmacologic characteristics similar to those observed for the fast excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC); it reverses near 0 millivolts and shows no significant voltage dependence. The amplitude of the current through this channel is many times larger than that through the other non-NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) channels. These results suggest that this high-conductance quisqualate-activated channel may mediate the fast EPSC in the mammalian central nervous system.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tang, C M -- Dichter, M -- Morad, M -- NS24927/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL 16152/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 17;243(4897):1474-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2467378" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Electric Conductivity
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Glutamates/physiology
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Hippocampus/*drug effects
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In Vitro Techniques
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Ion Channels/*drug effects
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Neurons/drug effects
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Oxadiazoles/*pharmacology
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Quisqualic Acid
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Rats
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Receptors, Glutamate
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Receptors, Neurotransmitter/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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