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ArticleFrontiers in neural circuits2013

The contribution of δ subunit-containing GABAA receptors to phasic and tonic conductance changes in cerebellum, thalamus and neocortex.

Zhiwen Ye, Thomas P McGee, Catriona M Houston, Stephen G Brickley

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Article in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. δ subunit-containing GABAThe Journal of physiology · 2020
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  5. Chemogenetic Isolation Reveals Synaptic Contribution of δ GABAThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2018
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  6. The Cerebellar GABAHandbook of experimental pharmacology · 2018
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  10. Sex Differences in GABAA Signaling in the Periaqueductal Gray Induced by Persistent Inflammation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016
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  11. Context-Dependent Modulation of GABAAR-Mediated Tonic Currents.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016
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  13. Basal ganglia-thalamus and the "crowning enigma".Frontiers in neural circuits · 2015
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  14. GABAρ subunits confer a bicuculline-insensitive component to GFAP+ cells of cerebellum.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhiwen YeBiophysics Section, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London London, UK.
Thomas P McGeeDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London London, UK.
Catriona M HoustonBiophysics Section, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London London, UK.
Stephen G BrickleyBiophysics Section, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London London, UK.
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research CouncilWellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have made use of the δ subunit-selective allosteric modulator DS2 (4-chloro-N-[2-(2-thienyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-yl benzamide) to assay the contribution of δ-GABAARs to tonic and phasic conductance changes in the cerebellum, thalamus and neocortex. In cerebellar granule cells, an enhancement of the tonic conductance was observed for DS2 and the orthosteric agonist THIP (4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-3-ol). As expected, DS2 did not alter the properties of GABAA receptor-mediated inhibitory postsynaptic synaptic conductances (IPSCs) supporting a purely extrasynaptic role for δ-GABAARs in cerebellar granule cells. DS2 also enhanced the tonic conductance recorded from thalamic relay neurons of the visual thalamus with no alteration in IPSC properties. However, in addition to enhancing the tonic conductance DS2 also slowed the decay of IPSCs recorded from layer II/III neocortical neurons. A slowing of the IPSC decay also occurred in the presence of the voltage-gated sodium channel blocker TTX. Moreover, under conditions of reduced GABA release the ability of DS2 to enhance the tonic conductance was attenuated. These results indicate that δ-GABAARs can be activated following vesicular GABA release onto neocortical neurons and that the actions of DS2 on the tonic conductance may be influenced by the ambient GABA levels present in particular brain regions.

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AnimalsCerebellumGABA-A Receptor AgonistsInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsMiceNeocortexNeural ConductionNeural InhibitionNeuronsReceptors, GABA-AThalamusGABA-A Receptor AgonistsReceptors, GABA-AGABAA receptor agonistsGABAA receptorspatch-clamp techniquesphasic inhibitiontonic inhibition

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PMID24391550
PMCPMC3870274
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