期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 24, 期 11, 页码 2774-2781出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4637-03.2004
关键词
glutamate; spinal cord; pain; presynaptic modulation; patch clamp; primary afferent depolarization
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS040428, NS029797, R01 NS029797, R01 NS040428] Funding Source: Medline
NMDA receptors have the potential to produce complex activity-dependent regulation of transmitter release when localized presynaptically. In the somatosensory system, NMDA receptors have been immunocytochemically detected on presynaptic terminals of primary afferents, and these have been proposed to drive release of substance P from central terminals of a subset of nociceptors in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Here we report that functional NMDA receptors are indeed present at or near the central terminals of primary afferent fibers. Furthermore, we show that activation of these presynaptic receptors results in an inhibition of glutamate release from the terminals. Some of these NMDA receptors may be expressed in the preterminal axon and regulate the extent to which action potentials invade the extensive central arborizations of primary sensory neurons.
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