Journal: British Journal of Pharmacology
Article Title: Gonadal hormone‐independent sex differences in GABA A receptor activation in rat embryonic hypothalamic neurons
doi: 10.1111/bph.15037
Figure Lengend Snippet: GABAA receptor‐mediated intracellular calcium increase depends on L‐type VDCC. Mean Cal‐520 fluorescence (F/F 0, average of neuronal population) after stimulation with (a) 10‐μM muscimol, a potent agonist of GABAA receptors, (c) 10‐μM GABA + 50‐μM bicuculline (BICU), a competitive antagonist of GABAA receptors, and (e) 10‐μM GABA + 20‐μM nifedipine (NIFE), a specific L‐type VDCC blocker, in cultured male and female hypothalamic neurons. Bars represent drug exposure time. (b) Maximum amplitudes (peak) of Ca2+ signals after 10‐μM muscimol stimulation in male and female neurons. Values represent the mean ± SEM. (d) Maximum amplitudes (peak) of Ca2+ signals after 10‐μM GABA stimulation and 10‐μM GABA + 50 μM bicuculline in male and female neurons. Values represent the mean ± SEM. *P < .05, significantly different from GABA alone; Student's t test. (f) Maximum amplitude (peak) of Ca2+ signals after 10‐μM GABA stimulation and 10‐μM GABA + 20‐μM nifedipine of male and female neurons. Values represent the means ± SEM. # P < .05, significantly different from females; *P < .05 significantly different from GABA alone; Student's t test
Article Snippet: Materials The following compounds were obtained from Tocris Bioscience (Bristol, UK): bicuculline, Ro 15‐4513 and THIP.
Techniques: Fluorescence, Cell Culture