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Evidence that NMDA receptors contribute to synaptic function in the guinea pig medial vestibular nucleus
P F Smith1, C L Darlington, J I Hubbard
1Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Brain Research
|April 9, 1990
Abstract:
Single medial vestibular nucleus neurons were recorded from guinea pig brainstem slices in vitro while superfusing with the selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists, MK801 and CPP. The majority of neurons tested showed a decrease in firing rate in response to these NMDA antagonists, suggesting that NMDA receptors may contribute to the resting activity of MVN neurons.
