[The selective suppression of GABA on cone-driven horizontal cells in carp retina].
Intracellular recordings were made from horizontal cells in the superfused, isolated carp retina and effects of GABA on rod- and cone-driven horizontal cells were studied. Bath-applied GABA (0.5-5 mmol/L) resulted in a hyperpolarization of dark membrane potential and a suppression of light responses of L-type cone horizontal cells. In 7 out of 10 cells tested the effects of GABA were completely blocked by bicuculline, an antagonist of GABAA receptors. In the presence of 0.5 mmol/L Co2+, 2 mmol/L GABA could not induce any change in dark membrane potential in 8 out of 12 cells, but cause slight depolarization in other 4 cells. These results suggest that the GABA effects may be mediated by GABAA receptors on cone terminals in the majority of the L-type cone horizontal cells. GABA had no effect on rod horizontal cells.
Zhang
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DQ
Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Yang
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D000818:Animals; D001640:Bicuculline / Q000494:pharmacology; D002347:Carps; D003624:Darkness; D018756:GABA Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008839:Microelectrodes; D017949:Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
D018756:GABA Antagonists; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D001640:Bicuculline