title: Direct excitatory effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on rat hippocampal neurones in vitro.
abstract: Intracellular recordings from granule cells of the rat dentate gyrus show neuropeptide Y (NPY) applied by pressure ejection from pipettes containing 1.2-12 microM by pressures of less than 200 kPa for 1-5 s in duration to consistently evoke membrane depolarisations accompanied by a reduction in membrane resistance. The depolarisations were accompanied by an increase in excitability. Since the depolarisations evoked by NPY were not attenuated by either tetrodotoxin or kynurenic acid a direct excitatory action of NPY is postulated.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007736:Kynurenic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D007736:Kynurenic Acid