title: gamma-Hydroxybutyrate depresses monosynaptic excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in rat hippocampal slices.
abstract: The action of gamma-hydroxybutyrate was studied on pre- and postsynaptic GABA(B) receptors in rat hippocampal neurones in vitro using intracellular recording. gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (1-10 mM) caused a 4-8 mV hyperpolarization of CA1 cells and a 20-80% decrease in monosynaptic excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in a concentration-dependent manner. These actions were reversibly inhibited by a novel and selective GABA(B) antagonist, CGP 36742 (20-500 microM) suggesting that gamma-hydroxybutyrate can activate presynaptic as well as postsynaptic GABA(B) receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, London, UK.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Smart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001418:Baclofen / Q000494:pharmacology; D001640:Bicuculline / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects*; D012978:Sodium Oxybate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; C079148:(3-aminopropyl)(n-butyl)phosphinic acid; D012978:Sodium Oxybate; D001418:Baclofen; D001640:Bicuculline