title: NMDA-Induced intrinsic voltage oscillations depend on L-type calcium channels in spinal motoneurons of adult turtles.
abstract: NMDA-induced intrinsic voltage oscillations depend on L-type calcium channels in spinal motoneurons of adult turtles. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 3380-3382, 1998. In a slice preparation from adult turtles, bath-applied N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) induced rhythmic activity in spinal motoneurons. The underlying intrinsic oscillation in membrane potential was revealed in the presence of tetrodotoxin (TTX). NMDA-induced rhythmicity, in the presence or absence of TTX, was abolished or reduced by NMDA receptor antagonists and by three different classes of antagonists for L-type calcium channels. It is suggested that both NMDA receptor channels and L-type calcium channels contribute to NMDA-induced intrinsic oscillations in mature spinal motoneurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Neurophysiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2200-DK Copenhagen N, Denmark.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Guertin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hounsgaard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014426:Turtles / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D013779:Tetrodotoxin