Abstract:
:The present in vitro study was performed to characterize neurons within dorsal regions of the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS), principally at the level of area postrema, and known to receive inputs predominantly from cardiovascular and respiratory afferents (i.e. cardiorespiratory NTS). This report describes 4 classes of neurons (S1-S4) that were silent at their resting membrane potential and received relatively short (< 3.6 ms) and consistent latency synaptic inputs (+/- 0.4 ms) comprising either an EPSP or EPSP/IPSP sequence following low intensity electrical stimulation of the solitary tract (ts). Intracellular recording with sharp electrodes were used to characterize neuron types based on their different firing response patterns to injection of depolarizing current. S1 cells showed a single action potential; S2 fired repetitively; S3 produced a 2-5 spike burst coincident with the start of the current pulse and S4 neurons showed delayed excitation. Accommodation of firing frequency was seen in S2, S3 and some S4 cells. The voltage dependency of the different discharge patterns of the 4 cell groups was tested by current pulse stimulation at different holding potentials. However, in the majority of cells in any one cell class the firing pattern was qualitatively similar. Based on these findings it is suggested that the different firing characteristics reflect differences in intrinsic membrane properties between neuron classes. Representative examples from each of the defined cell classes were further studied in current and voltage clamp using the whole cell patch technique to define the presence and role of certain ionic currents in the firing response patterns of the 4 cell groups. In the current clamp configuration the firing behavior of S1 neurons (single spiking) was unaltered during exposure to 4-aminopyridine (4-AP; 2 mM), cobalt chloride (Co; 5 mM), norepinephrine (NE; 20 microM) and muscarine chloride (50 microM). It is suggested that the relatively low excitability of this neuron is due a persistent outward current which occurred at -40 mV during depolarizing voltage steps in the voltage clamp configuration. A common characteristic of S2 neurons (repetitively firing) was that they showed accommodation during current injection which was greatly attenuated in the presence of Co or NE. In addition, 4-AP slowed the firing frequency, reduced the afterhyperpolarization and broadened the spike width of S2 cells. Interestingly, the amount of accommodation observed in S2 cells was variable for cells of this class and was proportional to the magnitude of a Co-sensitive inward current present during depolarizing voltage steps between -45 to -5 mV.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Brain Resjournal_title
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Paton JF,Foster WR,Schwaber JSdoi
10.1016/0006-8993(93)90358-tsubject
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1993-02-26 00:00:00pages
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1872-6240pii
0006-8993(93)90358-Tjournal_volume
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