title: 5-Hydroxytryptamine facilitates spatiotemporal propagation of optical signals in the hippocampal-septal pathway.
abstract: The role of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on the propagation of neuronal excitation in the hippocampal-septal pathway was examined in a brain slice by optical and electrophysiological recording techniques. After electrical stimulation of the fimbrial pathway, optical signals first occurred at the caudal region of lateral septal nucleus (LSN), then propagated toward the rostral region of LSN. All of the evoked optical signals were blocked by tetrodotoxin (TTX). The optical signal that propagated to the LSN was blocked by either the removal of external Ca(2+) or bath-application of 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-(1H,4H)-dione (CNQX). Bath-application of 5-HT (1-50 microM) to the LSN for 10 min produced an increase in the propagation area of the optical signal and prolonged the falling phase of the optical signal. Bicuculline blocked the 5-HT-induced facilitation of the optical signal. 8-Hydroxy-di-n-propylamino tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), a selective 5-HT(1A) agonist, mimicked the facilitation of 5-HT. 1-(2-Methoxyphenyl)-4-(4-phthalimidobutyl)piperazine (NAN-190), a 5-HT(1A) antagonist, blocked the facilitation induced by 5-HT. 5-HT enhanced the amplitude of the field potential in septal slices, where the optical signals had been enhanced. These results indicate that 5-HT increases the efficacy of excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampal-septal circuit via 5-HT(1A) receptors of LSN neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan. hhasuo@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasuo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akasu
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000494:pharmacology; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione / Q000494:pharmacology; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001640:Bicuculline / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D020712:Fornix, Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018756:GABA Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010721:Phosphinic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018756:GABA Antagonists; D010721:Phosphinic Acids; D010879:Piperazines; D011412:Propanolamines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; C058895:1-(2-methoxyphenyl)-4-(4-(2-phthalimido)butyl)piperazine; C085075:CGP 55845A; D012701:Serotonin; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D001640:Bicuculline