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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 72, Issue 2 565-577, Copyright © 1994 by APS
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S. Hochman, L. M. Jordan and J. F. MacDonald
Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1. The present study used the whole-cell patch-clamp technique to record from visually identified neurons surrounding the central canal in 300-microns transverse slices of lumbosacral spinal cord from 7- to 14-day-old rats. Neurons in this location are implicated in rhythmical activity during locomotion. We assessed whether similarly located neurons could produce voltage oscillations by local perfusion of neuroactive substances known to initiate locomotor activity. 2. The sample population had mean values for cell resistance and membrane time constant of 1,020 M omega and 61.5 ms, respectively. Three general categories of oscillatory behavior were observed; spontaneous low-frequency voltage oscillations in the absence of an applied agonist, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced rhythmic low-frequency voltage oscillations in the presence of tetrodotoxin (TTX), and NMDA-induced "unpatterned" low-frequency voltage oscillations in TTX. 3. Three of 42 neurons exhibited spontaneous low-frequency voltage oscillations and one continued to oscillate in the presence of TTX. In 34 other neurons, manual adjustments of membrane voltage in 10 mV increments between -60 and -20 mV failed to elicit voltage oscillations (in TTX). 4. Five of 42 neurons produced rhythmic low-frequency voltage oscillations in the presence of TTX during applications of NMDA (20-100 microM). Oscillation frequency ranged from 0.09 to 1.45 Hz. These neurons were located in a similar region, ventrolateral to the central canal. 5. Thirteen of 42 neurons underwent NMDA-evoked "unpatterned" low-frequency voltage oscillations (in TTX) characterized by great variability in depolarized and baseline membrane potential durations. Three neurons produced single depolarizing phases only. Oscillation frequency ranged from 0.03 to 0.47 Hz. These neurons were located predominantly in the dorsal region surrounding the central canal with two others located just ventral to the canal. 6. Low-frequency voltage oscillations demonstrated a dependence on voltage, applied agonist, and agonist concentration. Rhythmic and unpatterned oscillatory events typically arose from membrane voltages ranging from -70 to -55 mV with plateau peaks from -40 to -30 mV. Although NMDA (20-100 microns) evoked voltage oscillations in neurons, kainate (10-50 microns), serotonin (10-200 microns), and noradrenaline (50-100 microns) failed to evoke voltage oscillations in all neurons tested, including those where NMDA induced voltage oscillations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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