NEUROTRANSMITTER SYNTHESIS IN LIMULUS VENTRAL NERVE PHOTORECEPTORS

被引:12
作者
BATTELLE, BA
KRAVITZ, EA
STIEVE, H
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT NEUROBIOL,BOSTON,MA 02115
[2] KFA JULICH GMBH,INST NEUROBIOL,D-5170 JULICH 1,FED REP GER
[3] MARINE BIOL LAB,NEUROBIOL COURSE,WOODS HOLE,MA 02543
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EXPERIENTIA | 1979年 / 35卷 / 06期
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D O I
10.1007/BF01968242
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Radiochemical precursor compounds for neurotransmitters were incubated with Limulus ventral nerve photoreceptor preparations. Octopamine was preferentially synthesized by a photoreceptor rich fraction of the nerve, acetylcholine was made by a photoreceptor poor fraction, and γ-aminobutyric acid was made about equally well in both fractions. The possibility that the ventral nerve photoreceptor cells serve a neurosecretory function in the adult Limulus is discussed. © 1979 Birkhäuser Verlag.
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