1995
The anticonvulsant gabapentin enhances promoted release of GABA in hippocampus: a field potential analysis
Honmou O, Oyelese A, Kocsis J. The anticonvulsant gabapentin enhances promoted release of GABA in hippocampus: a field potential analysis. Brain Research 1995, 692: 273-277. PMID: 8548315, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00634-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsFree GABA levelsField potential analysisNipecotic acidGABA levelsPopulation excitatory postsynaptic potentialEffects of microapplicationRelease of GABAGABAA receptor activationAdult rat brainMechanism of actionGABA releasePartial seizuresAnticonvulsant gabapentinPresynaptic volleyPostsynaptic potentialsBath applicationHippocampal slicesRat brainGBP treatmentHippocampal cellsBlock uptakeGabapentinReceptor activationGABA
1990
Dendritic action potentials activated by NMDA receptor-mediated EPSPs in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells
Poolos N, Kocsis J. Dendritic action potentials activated by NMDA receptor-mediated EPSPs in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells. Brain Research 1990, 524: 342-346. PMID: 1981329, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90714-m.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsCA1 hippocampal pyramidal cellsDendritic action potentialsHippocampal pyramidal cellsPyramidal cellsRat CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cellsNMDA receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic potentialsAction potentialsDendritic excitatory postsynaptic potentialsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsPyramidal cell bodiesShort-term potentiationIntradendritic recordingsPostsynaptic potentialsSynaptic responsesDendritic arborsDendritic conductancesRepetitive stimulationDendritic spikesSomatic recordingsCell bodiesSubthreshold responsesMultiple sitesCellsRecordings
1988
Buspirone attenuates synaptic activation of hippocampal pyramidal cells
Mauk, Peroutka S, Kocsis J. Buspirone attenuates synaptic activation of hippocampal pyramidal cells. Journal Of Neuroscience 1988, 8: 1-11. PMID: 3339401, PMCID: PMC6569355, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.08-01-00001.1988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsPyramidal cellsStratum radiatumSynaptic activationAfferent fibersHippocampal CA1 pyramidal cellsInput resistanceStimulation of afferentsEffects of buspironeCA1 pyramidal cellsHippocampal pyramidal cellsPostsynaptic potentialsPresynaptic fibersConduction slowingFiber excitabilitySpike activityAnxiolytic agentsBuspironeRefractory periodRadiatumRapid hyperpolarizationReceptor sitesMeasurable effectExcitabilityMembrane potential