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Multiple components of hippocampal glutamate release were examined by study of Ca2+‐ and K+‐evoked hippocampal extracellular glutamate release using an in vivo microdialysis glutamate biosensor in urethane‐anaesthetized rats. In addition, the effects of the antiepileptic drugs, carbamazepine (CBZ) and zonisamide (ZNS) perfused through the probe on glutamate release were assessed. Basal glutamate levels were below detection limits (∼0.1 μm). An increase in extracellular KCl (from 2.7 to 50 and 100 mm) increased extracellular hippocampal glutamate levels to 9.2±1.4 and 20.0±2.6 μm, respectively, calculated from the area under curve (AUC) for 60 min. This KCl‐evoked glutamate release consisted of three components: an initial transient rise, a late gentle rise, and late multiple phasic transient rises. An increase in or removal of extracellular CaCl2 levels respectively enhanced and reduced the 50 mm KCl‐evoked hippocampal glutamate release (AUC for 60 min) from 9.2±1.4 to 12.4±2.1 and 5.8±0.9 μm. Perfusion with 100 μm CBZ or 1 mm ZNS inhibited both the 50 mm KCl‐evoked hippocampal glutamate release (AUC for 60 min) from 9.2±1.4 to 5.5±1.1 and to 5.8±1.3 μm, respectively, as well as the stimulatory effects of Ca2+ on KCl‐evoked hippocampal glutamate release. These results suggest that both CBZ and ZNS may reduce epileptiform events by inhibiting excitatory glutamatergic transmission. British Journal of Pharmacology (1998) 124, 1277–1285; doi:

To clarify the effects of adenosine receptor subtypes (A1, A2 and A3) on hippocampal serotonin (5-HT) release and 5-HT reuptake activity, hippocampal extracellular 5-HT levels were determined in vivo by microdialysis in freely moving rats. Selective 5-HT reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) fluoxetine and DU24565 increased extracellular 5-HT levels. Adenosine and A1 receptor agonist, 2-chloro-N6-cyclopentyl-adenosine (CCPA), decreased extracellular 5-HT levels, whereas non-selective antagonist, caffeine, and A1 antagonist, 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine (CPT) increased them. When 5-HT reuptake activity was inhibited by DU24565 and fluoxetine, the effects of CPT and CCPA on 5-HT level were enhanced. A2A receptor agonist, CGS21680, A2 receptor agonist, PD125944, A2 receptor antagonist, 3,7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine (DMPX), and A3 receptor agonist, N6-2-(4-aminophenyl)ethyladenosine (APNEA) did not affect 5-HT levels; however, when A1 receptor was blocked by CPT, 5-HT levels were increased by adenosine, CGS21680 and PD125944, and decreased by DMPX and APNEA. Under conditions of A1 receptor blockade, pretreatment with DU24565 or fluoxetine, enhanced the stimulatory effects of CGS21680 and PD125944 as well as inhibitory effects of DMPX on 5-HT level, whereas the inhibitory effect of APNEA was abolished. These results indicate that the stimulatory effects of A2 receptor and inhibitory effects of A3 receptor on hippocampal extracellular 5-HT levels are masked or abolished by the inhibitory effects of A1 receptor. In addition, hippocampal serotonergic transmission might be modulated by hippocampal presynaptic adenosine receptor subtypes, and hippocampal 5-HT reuptake activity might be modulated by hippocampal A3 receptor.

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-and K + -evoked stimulation) did not aect tyrosine hydroxylase activity in vivo. 6 These ®ndings suggest that striatal DOPA release is neurotransmitter-like and that, unlike the mechanisms of striatal dopaminergic transmission, this striatal DOPA transmission is at least partly regulated by voltage-sensitive Ca 2+ channels.