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J Neurophysiol 62: 657-664, 1989;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 62, Issue 3 657-664, Copyright © 1989 by APS

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Bullfrog dorsal root ganglion cells having tetrodotoxin-resistant spikes are endowed with nicotinic receptors

K. Morita and Y. Katayama
Department of Autonomic Physiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.

1. Intracellular recordings were made from bullfrog dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in vitro. They were divided into three types, As, Ar, and C, according to their conduction velocity and their sensitivity to tetrodotoxin [TTX (less than or equal to 1 microM)]; an As neuron had a fast conduction velocity (13-50 m/s, mean = 31 m/s, n = 73) and TTX-sensitive sodium soma spikes: an Ar neuron showed a fast conduction velocity (4-28 m/s, mean = 14 m/s, n = 52) and TTX-resistant sodium soma spikes; and a C neuron had a slow conduction velocity (0.16-0.8 m/s, mean = 0.4 m/s, n = 49) and TTX-resistant sodium-calcium soma spikes. 2. Superfusion of acetylcholine [ACh (0.3 microM-1 mM)] produced a fast depolarization in 70% of Ar and in 50% of C neurons. No As neuron showed a fast depolarization in response to ACh. The ACh-induced fast response persisted in calcium-free or TTX-containing solutions. 3. The response in both Ar and C neurons was similar except in time course; the response was always more rapid in C than in Ar neurons. The response was always associated with a decreased membrane resistance and reversed in polarity at about -30 mV. The reversal potential varied with both sodium and potassium concentrations of the superfusing solutions. 4. Nicotine, (+)-tubocurarine [(+)-TC], and hexamethonium reversibly blocked the ACh fast response.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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