title: NMDA receptor-mediated mechanism of ketamine-induced facilitation of glutamatergic excitatory synaptic transmission.
abstract: The effect of ketamine on CA1-field EPSPs (fEPSPs) in rat hippocampal slices was investigated. Ketamine (100 microM) facilitated fEPSPs at 0.05 Hz. The fEPSP facilitation was suppressed completely by AP-5 and partially by propranolol, and also by an increase in stimulation frequency. These results indicate that ketamine facilitates excitatory synaptic transmission by activating NMDA receptors via beta-adrenoceptors under conditions in which NMDA receptor channel block is slight.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South 1, West 16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8543, Japan. enarimat@sapmed.ac.jp
authors.forename: Eichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Narimatsu
authors.forename: Yurie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawamata
authors.forename: Mikito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamata
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujimura
authors.forename: Akiyoshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Namiki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D007649:Ketamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D007649:Ketamine