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ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL-FEATURES OF SYMPATHETIC-NERVE SMOOTH-MUSCLE JUNCTIONS

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Title ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL-FEATURES OF SYMPATHETIC-NERVE SMOOTH-MUSCLE JUNCTIONS
 
Creator MANCHANDA, R
 
Subject pig vas-deferens
rat tail artery
neuromuscular-junction
adenosine-triphosphate
ear artery
transmitter
potentials
atp
responses
release
 
Description Neurotransmission at the mammalian sympathetic nerve-smooth muscle junction has several unique features that set it apart from better-investigated junctions, such as the one between somatic nerves and skeletal muscle. In the rodent vas deferens, a model tissue for the study of sympathetic neuroeffector processes, both the electrical and the chemical events that take place during neurotransmission have resisted adequate explanation for many years. For instance, the factors that determine the time courses of the excitatory junction potentials that occur in the smooth muscle cells following neuronal transmitter release are not fully known. Furthermore, there has been controversy about the identity of the chemical neurotransmitter that mediates the excitatory junction potentials, as transmission by the classical sympathetic transmitter noradrenaline fails to account for these electrical events. Recent studies have helped to shed light on both these issues and will be discussed in this short review.
 
Publisher MARCEL DEKKER INC
 
Date 2011-08-18T09:26:31Z
2011-12-26T12:55:40Z
2011-12-27T05:41:59Z
2011-08-18T09:26:31Z
2011-12-26T12:55:40Z
2011-12-27T05:41:59Z
1994
 
Type Article
 
Identifier ELECTRO- AND MAGNETOBIOLOGY, 13(2), 99-106
1061-9526
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15368379409030703
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/9960
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/9960
 
Language en