HOW NEUROTRANSMITTERS AFFECT AXOPLASMIC-TRANSPORT

Authors
TAKENAKA T KAWAKAMI T BANDOU Y HIKAWA N GOTOH H
Citation
T. Takenaka et al., HOW NEUROTRANSMITTERS AFFECT AXOPLASMIC-TRANSPORT, Japanese Journal of Physiology, 43, 1993, pp. 190000205-190000207
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology
Journal title
Japanese Journal of Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0021521X
Volume
43
Year of publication
1993
Supplement
1
Pages
190000205 - 190000207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-521X(1993)43:<190000205:HNAA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The effects of acetylcholine (ACh) and adrenaline on fast axoplasmic t ransport of cultured superior cervical ganglion cells were analyzed wi th a computer-assisted video-enhanced differential interference contra st microscopic system. ACh suppressed the transport reversibly in both anterograde and retrograde directions, and adrenaline increased the t ransport reversibly. These effects are related to the amount of c-AMP. This amount of c-AMP in connection with neurotransmitters controls th e axoplasmic transport, which in tum is related to the activity of the neuron.