Table 2.
Effect of kynurenic acid and bicuculline on the firing rate of DMV neurons
| Kynurenic Acid |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All neurons |
Gastric-projecting neurons |
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| Increase | No effect | Decrease | Increase | No effect | Decrease | |
| Bicuculline | ||||||
| Increase 15 (26%) | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| No effect 33 (57%) | 4 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Decrease 10 (22%) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 12 (21%) | 21 (36%) | 25 (43%) | 4 (18.2%) | 11 (50.0%) | 7 (31.8%) |
Kynurenic acid was applied first, followed by bicuculline. Numbers represent the number of neurons that exhibited given responses to kynurenic acid (columns) and bicuculline (rows).