Table 1.

Current relaxations after depolarizing voltage steps

τfast (ms) Afast (%) τslow1 (ms) Aslow1(%) τslow2 (ms) Aslow2 (%) n
Agonists plus 0 blocker 0.338 ± 0.016 88.5 ± 1.6 14.5 ± 6.9 11.5 ± 1.6 3
Agonists plus 100 μm amantadine 0.279 ± 0.027 53.1 ± 3.3 5.17 ± 0.51 27.5 ± 1.9 153. ± 6.0 19.4 ± 1.6 4
Agonists plus 100 μm Mg2+ 0.399 ± 0.031 71.3 ± 1.5 8.51 ± 0.42 28.7 ± 1.5 3
  • The membrane voltage of HEK 293T cells expressing NR1/NR2B receptors was stepped from −67 to 40 mV in the presence of agonists (30 μm NMDA plus 10 μm glycine) with 0 blocker, 100 μm amantadine, or 100 μm Mg2+. Current relaxations at 40 mV were fit using either a double (agonists with 0 blocker or 100 μm Mg2+) or a triple (agonists with 100 μm amantadine) exponential equation. A is the fractional amplitude of each component.