title: Suppression of hippocampal slice excitability by 2-, 3-, and 4-methylpyridine.
abstract: The present study assessed the effects of 2-, 3-, and 4-methylpyridine on rat hippocampal slice excitability. Tests of excitatory and inhibitory systems in area CA1 of the hippocampal slice were conducted over a period of 3 h postexposure. Following exposures of 100 microM 2-, 3-, or 4-methylpyridine, evoked population excitatory postsynaptic potential and population spike responses recorded in the cell body field of hippocampal area CA1 were slowly suppressed over the course of 3 h, whereas no effects on local inhibitory processes or latency of evoked responses were detected. No significant differences were observed between agents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA. sfountai@kent.edu
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Fountain
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Teyler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011725:Pyridines