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. 1992 Jul;3(7):633-6.
doi: 10.1097/00001756-199207000-00023.

5-HT response of rat hippocampal pyramidal cell bodies

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5-HT response of rat hippocampal pyramidal cell bodies

H Uneyama et al. Neuroreport. 1992 Jul.

Abstract

Serotonin (5-HT) responses of pyramidal neurones freshly dissociated from rat ventral hippocampal CA1 region were investigated by using nystatin-perforated whole-cell recording. These dissociated neurones lack most of the dendrites and axons. Application of nanomolar concentrations of 5-HT induced outward current with an increase of membrane conductance at a holding potential (VH) of -40 mV. The current was mimicked by alpha-methyl-5-HT (5-HT2 receptor family agonist), but not by 8-OH-DPAT (5-HT1 receptor family agonist). Ketanserin (5-HT2 receptor family antagonist) and spiperone (5-HT1A and 5-HT2 receptor family antagonist) blocked the current in a concentration dependent manner. These results suggests that 5-HT-induced outward current is mediated by the activation of 5-HT2 receptor family in the cell bodies of hippocampal pyramidal neurones.

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