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. 1995 Jun;14(6):1265-72.
doi: 10.1016/0896-6273(95)90273-2.

L-type calcium channels mediate dynorphin neuropeptide release from dendrites but not axons of hippocampal granule cells

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L-type calcium channels mediate dynorphin neuropeptide release from dendrites but not axons of hippocampal granule cells

M L Simmons et al. Neuron. 1995 Jun.
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Abstract

Granule cells in the guinea pig dentate gyrus release kappa opioid neuropeptides, dynorphins, from dendrites as well as from axon terminals. We have found that both L- and N-type calcium channel antagonists inhibited dendritic dynorphin release. In contrast, N-type but not L-type calcium channel antagonists inhibited axonal dynorphin release. Neither L- nor N-type channel antagonists directly altered the effects of kappa opioid receptor activation. By inhibiting dynorphin release, L-type channel antagonists also facilitated the induction of long-term potentiation of the perforant path-granule cell synapse. These studies establish that a single cell type can release a transmitter from two different cellular domains and provide new distinction between axonal and dendritic transmitter release mechanisms.

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