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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 198, Issue 6 1405-1415, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists

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An endogenous peptide modulates the activity of a sensory neurone in the leech Hirudo medicinalis

A Wenning and RL Calabrese
Fakultat fur Biologie, Universitat Konstanz, Germany.

Sensory and neurosecretory innervation of each leech excretory complex, a nephridium and its bladder, is accomplished by a single neurone, the nephridial nerve cell (NNC). The NNC monitors the extracellular Cl- concentration, which ranges between 20 and 100 mmol l-1 depending on the physiological state. The NNC contains FMRFamide in its soma and sensory terminals in the nephridium. Bath or focal application of FMRFamide leads to hyperpolarization and decreases the rate of firing of the NNC, suggesting autoregulation of peptide release. Experiments under single-electrode current-clamp and voltage-clamp show that FMRFamide turns off the receptor-specific Cl- current of the NNC, indicating that FMRFamide also modulates the receptor gain.


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