title: Conductance properties of GABA-activated chloride currents recorded from cultured hippocampal neurons.
abstract: The conductance characteristics of gamma-aminobutyric acid-activated single channel currents from cultured hippocampal neurons were examined using patch clamp techniques. GABA-activated currents had amplitudes which were linearly correlated to the membrane potentials over a range of -80 to +70 mV and an open time and burst time of 2.2 and 4.3 ms, respectively. The conductance of the gamma-aminobutyric acid-activated channels was 19 pS. These data demonstrate that cultured hippocampal neurons have channel conductances which have characteristics different from those of adult neurons.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D007473:Ion Channels; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid