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Muscarinic M1, M3, Nicotinic,GABAA and GABAB Receptor ...

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motor control. In order to coordinate motor control, there are many neural<br />

pathways linking the cerebellum with the cerebral motor cortex <strong>and</strong> the<br />

spinocerebellar tract (Roberta & Peter, 2003).<br />

Abundance of GABA receptors in the cerebellar cortex confirms the<br />

importance of GABAergic inhibitory action in signal processing <strong>and</strong> homeostasis.<br />

Results of our study on cerebellar GAD <strong>and</strong> GABA receptors showed decreased<br />

Bmax <strong>and</strong> decreased expression of GAD in hypoglycemic rats compared to diabetic<br />

<strong>and</strong> control which put forward decreased GABAergic functional regulation in the<br />

cerebellum. There is currently enough anatomical, physiological <strong>and</strong> theoretical<br />

evidence to support the hypothesis that cerebellum is the region of the brain for<br />

learning, basal ganglia for reinforcement learning <strong>and</strong> cerebral cortex for<br />

unsupervised learning (Doya, 1999). <strong>GABAA</strong>α1 <strong>and</strong> <strong>GABAB</strong> receptor gene<br />

expression showed a significant downregulation in hypoglycemic rats. <strong>GABAA</strong>α1<br />

subunit is considered to be an essential subunit for inhibitory synaptic<br />

transmission in the matured cerebellar cortex (Takayama & Inoue, 2004) <strong>and</strong> the<br />

decreased GABA receptor subunit contributes to blockade of inhibitory synaptic<br />

transmission which contributes to seizure initiation during recurrent<br />

hypoglycemia. <strong>GABAB</strong> receptors play a major role in inhibitory<br />

neurotransmission in the mammalian brain (Bowery, 2006) <strong>and</strong> are intimately<br />

involved in synaptic plasticity (Davies et al., 1991), nociception (Gordon et al.,<br />

1995) <strong>and</strong> some neuronal disease states. The changes in <strong>GABAA</strong> receptor subunit<br />

contribute to the changes in inhibitory function that underlie occurrence of<br />

recurrent seizures (Jean-Marc, 2008). Presynaptically, <strong>GABAB</strong> receptors inhibit<br />

the release of GABA, via autoreceptors, <strong>and</strong> excitatory neurotransmitters<br />

(Perkington & Sihra, 1998). Postsynaptic <strong>GABAB</strong> receptor activation elicits<br />

increased outward potassium current, causing hyperpolarisation. This gives rise to<br />

the slow late component of the inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) important<br />

in signal processing (Misgeld et al., 1995). Postsynaptic GABA receptors also<br />

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