Physiological correlates of responses to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) recorded from rat visual cortical neurons in vitro
✍ Scribed by Helen E. Scharfman; John M. Sarvey
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 842 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-4476
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✦ Synopsis
Responses to focal application of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) were compared to synaptic potentials elicited by afferent stimulation of rat visual cortical neurons, using a slice preparation and conventional intracellular recording techniques. GABA produced three types of responses: a brief hyperpolarization (mean reversal potential, -72 mV), brief depolarization (mean reversal potential, -50 mV), or a prolonged hyperpolarization (mean reversal potential, -80 mV). Synaptic potentials included simple or complex EPSPs and EPSPs followed by mono-or biphasic IPSPs. A comparison of the characteristics of the GABA responses and synaptic potentials indicated that GABA may mediate both phases of the IPSP in these cells. Our results suggest that despite differences in the circuitry of the visual cortex as opposed to other neocortical and allocortical (hippocampal) areas (