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In this study we have shown, byin situ hybridization and RNase protection assay, a significanttrkC mRNA increase confined to the dentate gyrus of hippocampus, both after seizures induced by intracerebroventricular injection of kainic acid and bicuculline. Moreover, after bicuculline treatment we observed an earlier increase oftrkC mRNA level, which peaked after 3 h and returned back to normal levels by 12 h. In contrast, the kainic acid treatment produced a delayed increase oftrkC mRNA, which initiated after 6 h, peaked at 12 h, and returned to normal levels at 24 h. This increase, which involves alsotrkC mRNA receptor with tyrosine kinase activity, was mediated by non-NMDA receptors and counteracted by GABA potentiating agent diazepam. Using embryonic neuronal cultures from cerebral hemispheres, including hippocampus, we found that glutamate receptor agonists, including glutamate, kainate, NMDA, and t-ACPD, increasetrkC mRNA levels with the following rank order of efficacy: NMDA>t-ACPD>kainic acid>glutamate. In conclusion, our data show thattrkC mRNA expression in granule cells of the hippocampus dentate gyrus is increased during seizure activity and that it is mediated by non-NMDA receptors.
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Mudò, G., Salin, T., Condorelli, D.F. et al. Seizures increasetrkC mRNA expression in the dentate gyrus of rat hippocampus. J Mol Neurosci 6, 11–22 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02736755
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