title: 5-HT7 receptors increase the excitability of rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons.
abstract: In the CA1 area of rat hippocampal slices, a combined application of 5-CT, a potent 5-HT(1A) and 5-HT(7) receptor agonist, and WAY 100635, a selective 5-HT(1A) receptor antagonist, resulted in a reversible increase of the CA1 extracellular population spike amplitude. In whole-cell recording from identified pyramidal neurons, the effects of 5-CT applied in the presence of WAY 100635 involved a reduction of the slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) and the frequency adaptation of action potential firing, which could be blocked by a specific 5-HT(7) receptor antagonist SB 269970. The results indicate that the activation of 5-HT(7) receptors increases the excitability of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smetna 12, 31-343, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokarski
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zahorodna
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bobula
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols; D010879:Piperazines; D011725:Pyridines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; C404922:SB 269970; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D013449:Sulfonamides; C104425:serotonin 7 receptor; D012701:Serotonin; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide