title: Developmental change of the potentiation of NMDA response by spermine.
abstract: Developmental change in the potentiation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) responses by spermine was investigated on the ventromedial hypothalamic neurones acutely dissociated from the rats aged between 5 and 21 days, using a nystatin perforated patch clamp recording in a whole cell mode. Spermine potentiated the NMDA response in a concentration dependent manner between 10(-5) M and 10(-5) M at all ages examined. This potentiation decreased significantly with age. On the other hand, spermine did not affect the kainate and AMPA responses at any age. This developmental change of the modulation of NMDA responses might influence to or be influenced by the behavioural and neuronal changes related to the VMH in the early postnatal life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nabekura
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004594:Electrophysiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects*; D009761:Nystatin; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013096:Spermine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014697:Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009761:Nystatin; D013096:Spermine; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; D007608:Kainic Acid