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The Journal of Neuroscience, March 17, 2004, 24(11):2774-2781; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4637-03.2004

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Presynaptic NMDA Receptors Modulate Glutamate Release from Primary Sensory Neurons in Rat Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn

Rita Bardoni,¹ Carole Torsney,² Chi-Kun Tong,² Massimiliano Prandini,¹ and Amy B. MacDermott^2,3

¹Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41100 Modena, Italy, and ²Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and ³The Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032

NMDA receptors have the potential to produce complex activity-dependent regulation of transmitter release when localized presynaptically. In the somatosensory system, NMDA receptors have been immunocytochemically detected on presynaptic terminals of primary afferents, and these have been proposed to drive release of substance P from central terminals of a subset of nociceptors in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Here we report that functional NMDA receptors are indeed present at or near the central terminals of primary afferent fibers. Furthermore, we show that activation of these presynaptic receptors results in an inhibition of glutamate release from the terminals. Some of these NMDA receptors may be expressed in the preterminal axon and regulate the extent to which action potentials invade the extensive central arborizations of primary sensory neurons.

Key words: glutamate; spinal cord; pain; presynaptic modulation; patch clamp; primary afferent depolarization

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Received Oct 14, 2003; revised January 26, 2004; accepted January 27, 2004.

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