| Literature DB >> 6888653 |
M Marchi, A Caviglia, P Paudice, M Raiteri.
Abstract
A number of presynaptic cholinergic parameters (high affinity [3H]choline uptake, [3H]acetylcholine synthesis, [3H]acetylcholine release, and autoinhibition of [3H]acetylcholine release mediated by muscarinic autoreceptors) were comparatively analyzed in rat brain cortex synaptosomes during postnatal development. These various functions showed a differential time course during development. At 10 days of age the release of [3H]acetylcholine evoked by 15 mM KCl from superfused synaptosomes was Ca2+-dependent but insensitive to the inhibitory action of extrasynaptosomal acetylcholine. The muscarinic autoreceptors regulating acetylcholine release were clearly detectable only at 14 days, indicating that their appearance may represent a criterion of synaptic maturation more valuable than the onset of a Ca2+-dependent release.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6888653 DOI: 10.1007/bf00964701
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurochem Res ISSN: 0364-3190 Impact factor: 3.996