Weitlauf Carl, Egli Regula E, Grueter Brad A, Winder Danny G
Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0615, USA.
J Neurosci. 2004 Jun 23;24(25):5741-7. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1181-04.2004.
Anatomical and functional data support a critical role for the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) in the interaction between stress and alcohol/substance abuse. We report here that neurons of the dorsal anterolateral BNST respond to glutamatergic synaptic input in a synchronized way, such that an interpretable extracellular synaptic field potential can be readily measured. High-frequency stimulation of these glutamatergic inputs evoked NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-dependent long-term potentiation (LTP). We found that an early portion of this LTP is reduced by acute exposure to ethanol in a GABA(A) receptor-dependent manner. This effect of ethanol is accompanied by a significant and reversible dose-dependent attenuation of isolated NMDAR signaling and is mimicked by incomplete NMDAR blockade.
解剖学和功能数据支持终纹床核(BNST)在应激与酒精/药物滥用相互作用中起关键作用。我们在此报告,背外侧前BNST的神经元以同步方式对谷氨酸能突触输入作出反应,从而可以很容易地测量到可解释的细胞外突触场电位。对这些谷氨酸能输入的高频刺激诱发了NMDA受体(NMDAR)依赖性长时程增强(LTP)。我们发现,急性暴露于乙醇以GABA(A)受体依赖性方式降低了该LTP的早期部分。乙醇的这种作用伴随着分离的NMDAR信号的显著且可逆的剂量依赖性衰减,并且不完全NMDAR阻断可模拟这种作用。