1994
Enhanced activation of NMDA receptor responses at the immature retinogeniculate synapse
Ramoa A, McCormick D. Enhanced activation of NMDA receptor responses at the immature retinogeniculate synapse. Journal Of Neuroscience 1994, 14: 2098-2105. PMID: 7908957, PMCID: PMC6577156, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.14-04-02098.1994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dioneAfferent PathwaysAgingAnimalsBicucullineElectric StimulationEvoked PotentialsFerretsGeniculate BodiesIn Vitro TechniquesKineticsNeuronsQuinoxalinesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateRetinaSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionTime FactorsVisual PathwaysConceptsNMDA receptorsBicuculline methiodideNMDA-EPSCsPostnatal monthPostnatal weekGABAA receptor-mediated IPSPsAMPA/kainate receptorsOptic tract stimulationReceptor-mediated IPSPsExcitatory postsynaptic currentsNMDA receptor responsesFirst postnatal monthSecond postnatal weekVoltage-clamp recordingsDorsal LGNEPSC durationRetinogeniculate transmissionD-APVSlow EPSPTract stimulationExcitatory transmissionGABAergic inhibitionNeonatal ageRetinogeniculate synapsePostsynaptic currents
1992
Corticothalamic activation modulates thalamic firing through glutamate "metabotropic" receptors.
McCormick D, von Krosigk M. Corticothalamic activation modulates thalamic firing through glutamate "metabotropic" receptors. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1992, 89: 2774-2778. PMID: 1313567, PMCID: PMC48745, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.7.2774.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSlow-wave sleepCerebral cortexThalamic neuronsRelay neuronsWave sleepLateral geniculate relay neuronsProlonged excitatory postsynaptic potentialGeniculate relay neuronsLayer VI cellsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsThalamic relay neuronsSensory informationSingle-spike modeBrainstem inputsPostsynaptic potentialsCorticothalamic fibersSlow depolarizationObligatory relayState-dependent mannerSensory transferThalamusMammalian thalamusPotassium conductanceProlonged enhancementNeurons