Accession Number : ADA013030
Title : Octopamine Receptors on 'Aplysia' Neurons: Further Evidence for a Function of Octopamine as a Neurotransmitter.
Descriptive Note : Scientific rept.,
Corporate Author : ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD
Personal Author(s) : Carpenter,D. O. ; Gaubatz,G. L.
Report Date : MAY 1975
Pagination or Media Count : 14
Abstract : Some neurons in Aplysia have receptors which are much more sensitive to octopamine than any other structurally related compound. Most such receptors mediate a hyperpolarizing conductance increase to K(+). These responses when considered with the octopamine content of whole ganglia and single neurons strongly suggest that octopamine is a neurotransmitter in Aplysia.
Descriptors : *SYMPATHOMIMETIC AGENTS, *NEUROCHEMICAL TRANSMISSION, EXPERIMENTAL DATA, NERVOUS SYSTEM, PHYSIOLOGY, RESPONSE(BIOLOGY), POTASSIUM, LABORATORY ANIMALS, SNAILS, PHENYLAMINES.
Subject Categories : PHARMACOLOGY
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE