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J Neurophysiol 69: 290-292, 1993;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 69, Issue 1 290-292, Copyright © 1993 by APS


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Postnatal development of a persistent Na+ current in pyramidal neurons from rat sensorimotor cortex

C. Alzheimer, P. C. Schwindt and W. E. Crill
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

1. Whole-cell recordings were performed on acutely isolated pyramidal neurons from rat sensorimotor cortex 2 to 21 days postnatal to study the expression of a tetrodotoxin (TTX) sensitive, voltage dependent, persistent Na+ current (INaP) during different stages of postnatal development. 2. INaP was activated positive to about -60 mV and attained its peak amplitude between -40 and -35 mV. Activation of INaP did not require preceding activation of the transient Na+ current. 3. Peak INaP amplitudes showed a three-fold increase over the first three postnatal weeks, starting from 60.7 +/- 7.5 (SE) pA (n = 6) at postnatal day (P) 2-P5 and reaching 189.1 +/- 20.4 pA (n = 13) at P17-P21. 4. Measurements of peak INaP density, which took concomitant cell growth into account, revealed that a considerable current density already existed in very young neurons (P2-P5: 4.3 +/- 1.0 microA/cm2, n = 6) when compared with INaP density in early adult neurons (P17 - P21: 8.9 +/- 0.8 microA/cm2, n = 5). 5. Our data provide the first direct evidence for the presence of a significant INaP density during early postnatal development of neocortical neurons indicating that this current should play a role in the control of intrinsic excitability at this age.


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