ISSN:
1432-1106
Keywords:
Spinal interneurones
;
Renshaw cells
;
L-Aspartate
;
L-Glutamate
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary L-Glutamate and L-aspartate were administered electrophoretically near spinal interneurones and Renshaw cells of pentobarbitone-anaesthetized rats. Other spinal interneurones were consistently more sensitive to L-glutamate than to L-aspartate. Renshaw cells, however, showed no consistent difference in their sensitivity to these two amino acids. The results, which are compared with those reported previously in the cat, support the hypothesis that L-glutamate could be a transmitter at spinal primary afferent terminals.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00238827
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