【摘要】 用大鼠离体灌流脑片的细胞外单一神经元电生理记录技术 ,观察了 5 HT对弓状核神经元自发放电的影响。结果表明 :(1)在随机选取的 149个神经元中 ,有 33个 (2 2 .2 %)可被 5 HT兴奋 ,82个 (5 5 .0 %)被抑制 ,其余 34个 (2 2 .8%)出现双相反应或不出现反应 ;(2 )用低Ca2 + 高Mg2 + 人工脑脊液替换正常人工脑脊液后 ,5 HT引起的兴奋效应仍可出现 ,但 5 HT引起的抑制效应不再出现 ;3) 5 HT受体的非选择性拮抗剂cyproheptadine对5 HT引起的兴奋或抑制都有阻断作用 ;(4 )用GABA受体拮抗剂bicuculline (Bic)可以阻断 5 HT引起的抑制作用。据此推测 :(1) 5 HT的兴奋效应对低Ca2 + 环境不敏感 ,因而是 5 HT直接作用于所记录细胞的结果 ;(2 ) 5 HT的抑制效应对低Ca2 + 敏感 ,并可被Bic所阻断 ,因而 5 HT可能是先兴奋了局部GABA能中间神经元 ,后者再通过释放GABA抑制了所记录的神经元。更多还原

【Abstract】 Effects of serotonin ( 5-HT) on spontaneous discharges of single hypothalamic arcuate neurons were observed in rat brain slices by extracellular recordings. The results showed that (1) of 149 neurons selected randomly and tested for 5-HT application, 33 (22.2%) were excited, 82 ( 55.0%) were inhibited, and 34 (22.8%) showed biphasic responses or failed to respond; (2) substitution of low Ca 2+-high Mg 2+ artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) for normal aCSF abolished the 5-HT-induced inhibitory effect but failed to affect the 5-HT-induced excitatory effect; (3) cyproheptadine, a non-selective 5-HT receptor antagonist, could block either the 5-HT-induced excitatory or inhibitory effects in all neurons tested; and (4) bicuculline, a GABA A -receptor antagonist, blocked the 5-HT-induced inhibitory effect. These results imply (1) 5-HT excites arcuate neurons through a mechanism that is insensitive to the decreased extracellular Ca 2+, suggesting a direct postsynaptic action of 5-HT on the 5-HT-receptors located in the membrane of the neurons recorded; and (2) 5-HT might elicit the inhibitory effect through a Ca 2+-sensitive release of GABA from intercalated GABAergic local neurons that are excited first by 5-HT.更多还原