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Journal of Experimental Biology 54,643-659 (1971)
Published by Company of Biologists 1971

The Pharmacology of Efferent Synapses in the Lateral-Line System of Xenopus Laevis

I. J. RUSSELL 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge

1. The nature of the transmitter substance released at the lateral-line efferent synapses was investigated by histochemical techniques in Xenopus and Acerina and by pharmacological methods in Xenopus.

2. The bases of lateral-line hair-cells and fine fibres in the lateral-line nerves reacted positively for acetylcholinesterase in Acerina and to a lesser extent in Xenopus.

3. Acetylcholine (10-6M, and acetyl-{beta}-methyl choline (5 x 10-6M), which has a muscarinic action, caused strong reversible inhibition of afferent impulses when pipetted on to the undersides of lateral-line stitches. Carbachol (5 x 10-4 to 5 x 10-5M) caused a smaller reversible inhibition of spontaneous afferent impulses, but other nicotinic substances (propionylcholine and buterylcholine) had no effect.

4. Physostigmine (5 x 10-5M) prolonged inhibition of afferent impulses by electrical stimulation of efferent fibres, but atropine (5 x 10-6M) blocked it.

5. Calcium and magnesium interact at the efferent synapses in a way similar to that found at the amphibian neuromuscular junction.

6. Arguments are put forward to support the hypothesis that acetylcholine is released at lateral-line efferent synapses.

Submitted on October 20, 1970




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