Developmental changes in the voltage-dependence of neocortical NMDA responses |
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Authors: | EC Burgard JJ Hablitz |
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Affiliation: | Neurobiology Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294. |
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Abstract: | A change in the response of neocortical neurons to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) was observed during the first 2 weeks of postnatal development. When NMDA was bath applied, the membrane current-voltage relationship recorded in neurons from postnatal day (PN) 3-5 rats displayed a region of decreased inward current at hyperpolarized membrane potentials. By PN 9-14, the net inward current at hyperpolarized potentials was significantly less than that recorded in PN 3-5 neurons. These results indicate that a developmental increase in the voltage-dependence of NMDA responses exists, which may be due to changes in magnesium sensitivity of the NMDA receptor. |
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