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  • Title: Selective synaptic antagonism by atropine and alpha-aminoadipate of pulvinar and cortical afferents to the suprasylvian visual area (Clare-Bishop area).
    Author: Hicks TP, Guedes RC, Creutzfeldt OD.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1981 Mar 16; 208(2):456-62. PubMed ID: 6260294.
    Abstract:
    The synaptic excitations of cells of the Clare-Bishop cortical region produced by electrical stimulation of the pulvinar and ipsilateral cortex, have been shown to be differentially antagonized by iontophoretically applied antagonists. Atropine attenuated the responses evoked by pulvinar stimulation without having an appreciable effect against either iontophoretically applied aspartate or cortically evoked responses. alpha-Aminoadipate antagonized aspartate elicited excitations and those obtained with cortical stimulation while leaving unaffected acetylcholine and pulvinar evoked responses. The results are supportive of the view that acetylcholine and aspartate, or a similar excitatory amino acid, act as synaptic transmitters of some afferents from the pulvinar and ipsilateral cerebral cortex, respectively.
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