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J Neurophysiol 87: 834-844, 2002;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 87 No. 2 February 2002, pp. 834-844
Copyright ©2002 by the American Physiological Society

Circadian Modulation of GABA Function in the Rat Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Excitatory Effects During the Night Phase

Marcel De Jeu and Cyriel Pennartz

Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, 1105 AZ Amsterdam ZO, The Netherlands

De Jeu, Marcel and Cyriel Pennartz. Circadian Modulation of GABA Function in the Rat Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Excitatory Effects During the Night Phase. J. Neurophysiol. 87: 834-844, 2002. Gramicidin-perforated patch-clamp recordings were made from slices of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of adult rats to characterize the role of gamma -amino butyric acid (GABA) in the circadian timing system. During the day, activation of GABAA receptors hyperpolarized the membrane of SCN neurons. During the night, however, activation of GABAA receptors either hyperpolarized or depolarized the membrane. These night-restricted depolarizations in a large subset of SCN neurons were capable of triggering spikes and thus appeared to be excitatory. The GABAA reversal potentials of SCN neurons revealed a significant day-night difference with more depolarized GABAA reversal potentials during the night than during the day. The emergence of depolarizing GABAA-mediated responses in a subset of SCN neurons at night can be ascribed to a depolarizing shift in GABAA reversal potential. The GABAA receptor antagonist bicuculline (12.5 µM) increased the spontaneous firing rate of all SCN neurons during the day, indicating that spontaneous GABAA-mediated inputs inhibited the SCN neurons during this period. The effect of bicuculline (12.5 µM) on the spontaneous firing rate of SCN neurons during the night was heterogeneous due to the mixture of depolarizing and hyperpolarizing GABAA-mediated inputs during this period. We conclude that GABA uniformly acts as an inhibitory transmitter during the day but excites a large subset of SCN neurons at night. This day-night modulation of GABAergic neurotransmission provides the SCN with a time-dependent gating mechanism that may counteract propagation of excitatory signals throughout the biological clock at day but promotes it at night.




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