On the presynaptic action of baclofen at inhibitory synapses between cultured rat hippocampal neurones.
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 422 (1) , 433-446
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp017993
Abstract
1. (-)Baclofen reduces inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) and the associated synaptic currents (IPSCs) at inhibitory GABAergic synapses between cultured rat hippocampal neurones. The reversal potential for the IPSC is unaltered. 2. The effect of (-)baclofen is concentration dependent; the EC50 for (-)baclofen is approximately 5 .mu.M. 3. Statistical analyses of the amplitude fluctuations of the IPSC in the presence of (-)baclofen suggested a presynaptic location for the depression of synaptic transmission by (-)baclofen. In control experiments, lowering extracellular Ca2+ produced similar effects. (-)Baclofen has no detectable postsynaptic actions in these cultured neurones. 4. Phaclofen (0.2-0.5 mM) increases IPSC amplitude but does not significantly block the depressant effect of (-)baclofen on synaptic transmission. 5. The effect of (-)baclofen is not blocked by pertussis toxin pre-treatment. 6. It is concluded that (-)baclofen acts presynaptically to reduce the release of GABA. The mechanism by which release is reduced may involve a phaclofen-insensitive GABAB receptor.This publication has 45 references indexed in Scilit:
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