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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/fz

Fiziologichnyi Zhurnal

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Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

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The journal was founded in 1955 as
1955 – 1977 "Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal" (ISSN 0015 – 3311)
1978 – 1993 "Fiziologicheskii zhurnal" (ISSN 0201 – 8489)
1994 – 2016 "Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal" (ISSN 0201 – 8489)
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Fiziol. Zh. 2021; 67(3): 10-16

THE CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION OF NMDA- AND AMPA-RECEPTORS IN RETINOCOLLICULAR SYNAPSES

H.V. Dumanska, O.V. Rikchalsky, N.S. Veselovsky

    O.O. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/fz67.03.010


Abstract

We investigated the changes in distribution of the NMDA- and AMPA-receptors in the synapses in the in vitro model of the retinocollicular pathway. The model was a primary coculture of the retinal cells and superficial superior colliculus (SSC) neurons. Evoked postsynaptic currents (ePSCs) were recorded in SSC neurons in response to local electrical extracellular stimulation of the afferent retinal ganglion cells’ (RGC) axons. We analyzed the changes in the kinetic characteristics of ePSCs at different holding potentials during cocultivation. The results obtained reflect that NMDA receptors play an essential role in the formation of the retinocollicular synapses. After the formation of retinocollicular connections, the main role in the sensory signal transmission belongs to AMPA receptors. Thus, the data obtained indicate the specific dynamic changes of the functional roles of NMDA- and AMPA-receptors in the forma- tion and development of the retinocollicular synaptic contacts.

Keywords: retinal ganglion cells; superficial superior collicu- lus neurons; coculture; NMDA-receptors; AMPA-receptors.

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