Electrophysiological evidence for a hyperpolarizing, galanin (1-15)-selective receptor on hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons

AUTOR(ES)

Xu, Zhi-Qing David

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

The effects of the 29-amino acid neuropeptide galanin [GAL (1–29)], GAL(1–15), GAL(1–16), and the GAL subtype 2 receptor agonist d-tryptophan2-GAL(1–29) were studied in the dorsal hippocampus in vitro with intracellular recording techniques. GAL(1–15) induced, in the presence of tetrodotoxin, a dose-dependent hyperpolarization in hippocampal CA3 neurons. Most of the GAL(1–15)-sensitive neurons did not respond to GAL(1–29), GAL(1–16), or d-tryptophan2-GAL(1–29). These results indicate the presence of a distinct, yet-to-be cloned GAL(1–15)-selective receptor on CA3 neurons in the dorsal hippocampus.

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