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CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 10, Issue 10, Pages 974-980Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/10.10.974
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- NIMH NIH HHS [MH17871] Funding Source: Medline
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The effect of serotonin (5-HT) on the release of glutamate was examined in pyramidal cells in layers II-VI of the frontal cortex. The intracellular recording electrode contained 1% biocytin so the neurons could later be visualized with an avidin-biotin peroxidase method. Pyramidal cells in layer V of the frontal cortex showed the greatest 5-HT-induced increase in both the frequency and amplitude of 'spontaneous' (non-electrically evoked) excitatory post-synaptic currents (EPSCs). A small proportion of neurons in layer II/III showed an increase in EPSC frequency, whereas cells in layer VI showed no significant change in either EPSC frequency or amplitude. The physiological response to 5-HT mirrors the high density of 5-HT2A receptors in layer V, as well as the pattern of thalamic projections in frontal cortex. The specific induction of EPSCs in layer V neurons suggests that 5-HT preferentially modulates the output neurons of the frontal cortex.
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