The effect of repetitive stimulation on synaptic transmission was studied in the isolated superior cervical ganglion of the rabbit under conditions of reduced quantal content. Excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSP) were recorded with the sucrose gap technique to obtain estimates of transmitter release. Four components of increased transmitter release, with time constants of decay similar to ...

in this study the binding abilities of 1,3-calix[4]biscrown-6 (l) toward ba2+ and ca2+ have beenestablished in methanol by spectrophotometric measurements at 25±0.1 °c and 0.01 m ionicstrength, and with using specfit computer program; stability constants for 2 : 1, metal : ligandcomplexes has been estimated

Intracellular recordings were obtained from pyramidal cells to examine gamma-aminobutyric acid-B (GABAB)-mediated synaptic mechanisms in the CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices. To investigate if heterogeneous ionic mechanisms linked to GABAB receptors originate from distinct sets of inhibitory fibers, GABAB-mediated monosynaptic late inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) were elicited in...

We assessed the spatial distribution of 35 elements in aquifer sediments and groundwater a crude-oil-contaminated show evidence dissolution barium (Ba), strontium (Sr), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni) during hydrocarbon oxidation coupled to historic microbial Fe(III)-reduction near oil. Trace element plumes occur aquifer, where 50% Co, 47% Ni, 24% Ba, 15% Sr have been mobilized from sediment oil into ...

With use of the whole cell patch-clamp technique, effects of the potent muscarinic agonist oxotremorine methiodide (oxo-M) on voltage-activated Ca2+ channel currents were investigated in acutely dissociated adult rat intracardiac neurons. In all tested neurons oxo-M reversibly inhibited the peak Ba2+ current. Inhibition of the peak Ba2+ current by oxo-M was associated with slowing of activation...

We used the patch clamp technique to record from taste cells in vertical slices of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) taste disc. Cell types were identified by staining with Lucifer yellow in a pipette after recording their electrophysiological properties. Cells could be divided into the following three groups: type Ib (wing) cells with sheet-like apical processes, type II (rod) cells with single ...

Delayed and anomalous rectification was studied in inferior olivary (I.O.) neurons in guinea pig brain stem slices maintained in vitro. Hyperpolarization of the I.O. cell beyond rest membrane potential was accompanied by anomalous rectification (AR). This consisted of 2 parts: an instantaneous and a time-dependent component. The "instantaneous" component was blocked by bath addition of Ba2+ or ...