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Abolished ketamine effects on the spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic current of medial prefrontal cortex neurons in GluN2D knockout mice
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- 2021-12-07
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- Molecular Brain. 2021 Dec 07;14(1):174
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Ketamine, a non-competitive antagonist of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), generates a rapidly-acting antidepressant effect. It exerts psychomimetic effects, yet demands a further investigation of its mechanism. Previous research showed that ketamine did no longer promote hyperlocomotion in GluN2D knockout (KO) mice, which is a subunit of NMDAR. In the present study, we tested whether GluN2D-containing NMDARs participate in the physiological changes in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) triggered by ketamine. Sub-anesthetic dose of ketamine (25mg/kg) elevated the frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSC) in wild-type (WT) mice, but not in GluN2D KO mice, 1h after the injection. The amplitude of sEPSC and paired-pulse ratio (PPR) were unaltered by ketamine in both WT and GluN2D KO mice. These findings suggest that GluN2D-containing NMDARs might play a role in the ketamine-mediated changes in glutamatergic neurons in mPFC and, presumably, in ketamine-induced hyperlocomotion.
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