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CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 15, Issue 9, Pages 1322-1331Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi015
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EPSP; IPSC; membrane; neocortex; synapse; voltage clamp
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM054767] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM054767] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Many anesthetics evoke electroencephalogram (EEG) burst suppression activity in humans and animals during anesthesia, and the mechanisms underlying this activity remain unclear. The present study used a rat neocortical brain slice EEG preparation to investigate excitatory synaptic mechanisms underlying anesthetic-induced burst suppression activity. Excitatory synaptic mechanisms associated with burst suppression activity were probed using glutamate receptor antagonists (CNQX and APV), GABA receptor antagonists, and simultaneous whole cell patch clamp and microelectrode EEG recordings. Clinically relevant concentrations of thiopental (50-70 mu M), propofol (5-10 mu M) or isoflurane (0.7-2.1 vol%, 0.5-1.5 rat minimum aveolar concentration (MAC), 200-700 mu M) evoked delta slow wave activity and burst suppression EEG patterns similar to in vivo responses. These effects on EEG signals were blocked by glutamate receptor antagonists CNQX (8.6 mu M) or APV (50 mu M). Depolarizing intracellular bursts (amplitude = 34.7 +/- 4.5 mV; half width = 132 +/- 60 ms) always accompanied EEG bursts, and hyperpolarization increased intracellular burst amplitudes. Barrages of glutamate-mediated excitatory events initiated EEG bursting activity. Glutamate-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents were significantly depressed by higher anesthetic concentrations that depressed burst suppression EEG activity. A GABA(A) agonist produced a similar EEG effect to the anesthetics. It appears that anesthetic effects at both glutamate and GABA synapses contribute to EEG patterns seen during anesthesia.
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