title: Excitatory postsynaptic potentials in neonatal rat sympathetic preganglionic neurons: possible mediation by NMDA receptors.
abstract: Excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) evoked in antidromically identified sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) and membrane depolarizations induced by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) applied by pressure ejection were increased by removing Mg ions from the perfusing media and blocked by D-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (APV), DL-APV and ketamine. Further, the amplitude of EPSPs and NMDA-induced depolarizations were decreased and increased by membrane hyperpolarization in Krebs solution with and without Mg2+, respectively. These findings indicate that the excitatory amino acid receptor mediating the EPSPs in SPNs may be of the NMDA subtype.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001339:Autonomic Fibers, Preganglionic / Q000502:physiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000502:physiology*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter