title: A comparison of the effects of quinolinate and N-methyl-aspartate on neurons in rat piriform cortex.
abstract: Quinolinate has been proposed to be the endogenous ligand of the N-methyl-aspartate (NMA) receptor in the mammalian central nervous system. We have compared the relative potency and pharmacologic sensitivity of quinolinate- and NMA-induced excitation on pyramidal cells in the rat piriform cortex. Quinolinate was considerably less potent than NMA, but the NMA responses were more sensitive to antagonism by NMA-receptor antagonists. These results suggest that, at least in this preparation, quinolinate and NMA are pharmacologically distinguishable and may act at different receptor sites.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ffrench-Mullen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D007478:Iontophoresis; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011805:Quinolinic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D014633:Valine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011725:Pyridines; D011805:Quinolinic Acids; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; D014633:Valine; C031231:2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoic acid