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J Neurophysiol 86: 871-880, 2001;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 86 No. 2 August 2001, pp. 871-880
Copyright ©2001 by the American Physiological Society

AMPA and NMDA Receptors Regulate Responses of Neurons in the Rat's Inferior Colliculus

Huiming Zhang and Jack B. Kelly

Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada

Zhang, Huiming and Jack B. Kelly. AMPA and NMDA Receptors Regulate Responses of Neurons in the Rat's Inferior Colliculus. J. Neurophysiol. 86: 871-880, 2001. The contribution of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and AMPA receptors to auditory responses in the rat's inferior colliculus was examined by recording single-unit activity before, during, and after local iontophoretic application of receptor-specific antagonists. Tone bursts and sinusoidal amplitude modulated sounds were presented to one ear, and recordings were made from the contralateral central nucleus of inferior colliculus (ICC). The receptor specific antagonists, (±)-3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)-propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP) for NMDA receptors and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-nitro-2,3-dioxo-benzo[f]quinoxaline-7-sulfonamide (NBQX) for AMPA receptors, were released at the recording site through a multi-barreled pipette. For most neurons, either CPP or NBQX alone resulted in a reversible reduction in the number of action potentials evoked by tonal stimulation. For neurons with an onset response pattern, NBQX either completely eliminated or greatly reduced the number of action potentials. CPP also reduced the number of action potentials but had a less pronounced effect than NBQX. For neurons with a sustained firing pattern, NBQX reduced the total number of action potentials, but had a preferential effect on the early part (first 10-20 ms) of the response. CPP also resulted in a reduction in the total number of action potentials, but had a more pronounced effect on the later part (>20 ms) of the response. These results indicate that both AMPA and NMDA receptors contribute to sound evoked excitatory responses in the ICC. They have a selective influence on early and late components of tone-evoked responses. Both receptor types are involved in generating excitatory responses across a wide range of sound pressure levels as indicated by rate level functions obtained before and during drug application. In addition, both CPP and NBQX reduced responses to sinusoidal amplitude modulated sounds. The synchrony of firing to the modulation envelope as measured by vector strength at different rates of modulation was not greatly affected by either CPP or NBQX in spite of the decrease in firing rate.




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