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Abstract
Electrophysiological studies were performed to determine whether or not ethanol potentiates the inhibitory effects of γ-aminobutylic acid (GABA) on medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) neurons responding to horizontal sinusoidal rotation using α-chloralose anesthetized cats. The MVN neurons were classified into types I, II, III and IV neurons according to the responses to the horizontal rotation of the animal placed on the turntable in directions ipsilateral and contralateral to the recording site. In addition, the effects of ethanol and GABA on type I neurons were also examined. Micro-osmotic application of ethanol up to 100 nA did not affect the spontaneous firing or the rotation-induced increase in firing of type I neurons. However, the inhibitory effects of GABA up to 50 nA on the rotation-induced increase in firing were potentiated during simultaneous application of ethanol up to 100 nA. This potentiated inhibition was blocked by iontophoretic application of bicuculline (25–150 nA) and picrotoxin (45–150 nA). These results suggest that ethanol potentiates the inhibitory effects of GABA on MVN type I neurons by acting on the GABA receptor and/or receptor-coupled chloride ion channel.
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