Inhibition of GABA uptake potentiates the effects of exogenous GABA on locust skeletal muscle
Shepherd, D. and Tyrer, N.M. (1985) Inhibition of GABA uptake potentiates the effects of exogenous GABA on locust skeletal muscle. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Comparative Pharmacology, 82, (2), 315-321. (doi:10.1016/0742-8413(85)90169-0).
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Description/Abstract
1. Insect skeletal muscle is relatively insensitive to applied GABA, responses are elicited only when relatively high concentrations of GABA are used (>10−6M).
2. Pretreatment of the muscle with the GABA uptake inhibitors nipecotic acid, β-aminobutyric acid or β-alanine increases the sensitivity of the muscle to GABA by as much as 1000-fold.
3. The evidence suggests the existence of a GABA uptake mechanism in the insect neuromuscular system which could reside in glial cells.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0742-8413 (print) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QR Microbiology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Biological Sciences |
| Item ID: | 55893 |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 17:06 |
| Contributors: | Shepherd, D. (Author) Tyrer, N.M. (Author) |
| Date: | 1985 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/55893 |
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