title: gamma-Aminobutyric acid partly mediates the pentobarbitone depression of synaptic excitation in the guinea-pig olfactory cortex in vitro.
abstract: Pentobarbitone depresses synaptic excitation in the guinea-pig olfactory cortex slice in vitro. A study has been made to elucidate the possible role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in this depression by testing pentobarbitone in the presence of high concentrations of the GABA blockers, i.e. picrotoxin or bicuculline. These blockers reduced the action of pentobarbitone; the dose-depression curve for pentobarbitone was shifted to the right by a factor of 2.3. It is concluded that pentobarbitone has a bimodal action, one action via GABA and another unrelated to GABA or Cl- conductances.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Steel
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Scholfield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001640:Bicuculline / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008032:Limbic System / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000187:drug effects; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010852:Picrotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001640:Bicuculline; D010424:Pentobarbital; D010852:Picrotoxin; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid