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. 1995 Sep 25;693(1-2):246-50.
doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00738-c.

Non-NMDA glutamatergic excitatory transmission in the descending limb of the spinobulbospinal micturition reflex pathway of the rat

G Matsumoto  1 , T Hisamitsu, W C de Groat
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Non-NMDA glutamatergic excitatory transmission in the descending limb of the spinobulbospinal micturition reflex pathway of the rat

G Matsumoto et al. Brain Res. .

Abstract

I.v. administration of GYKI-52466, a non-competitive AMPA/kainate glutamatergic receptor antagonist, inhibited bladder contractions elicited by electrical stimulation in the pontine micturition center (PMC) in urethane-anesthetized rats. The mean threshold dose of GYKI-52466 was 2 mg/kg i.v. (range = 1-4 mg/kg). Maximum inhibition (mean = 57.7 +/- 8.2%, range = 24-83.3% of control) occurred at a dose of 8 mg/kg. CNQX, a competitive AMPA/kainate glutamatergic receptor antagonist, did not significantly alter the evoked contractions. These results indicate that AMPA/kainate receptors are involved in bulbospinal excitatory pathway from the PMC to the parasympathetic nucleus in the lumbosacral spinal cord in the rat.

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