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Layer-specific expression of Cl−transporters and differential Cl−iin newborn rat cortex
- Source :
- NeuroReport; December 2002, Vol. 13 Issue: 18 p2433-2437, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the adult brain. However, GABAergic transmission is depolarizing during early postnatal development, suggesting that changes in the expression of cation–Cl−co-transporters regulating neuronal Cl−homeostasis underlie the ontogeny of GABAergic functions. The developmental changes in the expressions of Cl−co-transporter mRNAs in the neocortex were in opposite directions for NKCC1 (Cl−uptake) and KCC2 (Cl−extrusion). In the newborn, NKCC1 mRNA expression was highest in ventricular zone followed by cortical plate, and then by Layer VVI, while the reverse was true for KCC2 mRNA. The Cl−ilevels were in the same rank order as for NKCC1 mRNA. Thus, the ontogeny of Cl−homeostasis in neocortical neurons could be regulated via the differential expression of NKCC1 and KCC2.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09594965 and 1473558X
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 18
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- NeuroReport
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs48975364