Abstract:
:Serotonergic fibers broadly innervate the thalamus and may influence the sleep wake cycle, attention, and other processes through modulation of neurons in this structure. However, the actions of serotonin in the dorsal thalamus have been investigated in detail only in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus. In the present study, we examined the action of serotonin in several different regions of the ferret dorsal thalamus, including the associative nuclei, using the in vitro slice preparation and intracellular recording techniques. In nearly all nuclei examined, the predominant action of serotonin was one of hyperpolarization and inhibition of the tonic firing mode. The magnitude of the hyperpolarizing response decreased with age and varied greatly across and somewhat within nuclei maintaining the following relationship (in descending order of magnitude): lateral posterior, lateral dorsal, pulvinar, mediodorsal, center median, anteroventral, central lateral, ventral basal, and medial geniculate. This hyperpolarization is elicited through two mechanisms: one direct and the other via local interneurons. The direct action occurs through an increase in potassium conductance mediated through the 5-HT(1A) receptor. This conclusion is supported by the findings that it persists in the presence of tetrodotoxin and block of GABAergic synaptic transmission, the reversal potential shifts in a Nernstian fashion with changes in extracellular potassium concentration, and the response is antagonized by the 5-HT(1A) antagonist WAY100635 and mimicked by the application of the 5-HT(1A)-selective agonist 8-OH DPAT. The second mechanism by which 5-HT evoked a hyperpolarization was through the activation of local interneurons. In slices in which GABA receptors were not blocked, 5-HT application increased the frequency and amplitude of spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) occurring in thalamocortical neurons. Application of 5-HT to physiologically or morphologically identified interneurons evoked a prolonged suprathreshold depolarization. Our results suggest that serotonergic inputs act differentially across the thalamus in a complex manner involving direct and indirect mechanisms. It appears that 5-HT has a greater direct postsynaptic inhibitory influence in the posterior, medial, and intralaminar nuclei than in the primary sensory nuclei.
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J Neurophysioljournal_title
Journal of neurophysiologyauthors
Monckton JE,McCormick DAdoi
10.1152/jn.00650.2001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-04-01 00:00:00pages
2124-36issue
4eissn
0022-3077issn
1522-1598journal_volume
87pub_type
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