Resumen
Pretreatment of rats with intraventricular 6-hydroxydopamine produced considerable destruction of noradrenergic and dopaminergic nerve terminals as indicated by depletions in synaptosomal catecholamine contents. However, 6-hydroxydopamine pretreatment did not result in diminished release of ATP during depolarization of synaptosomes with either elevated extracellular K+ or veratridine. These findings suggest that most of the ATP released during the depolarization of rat brain synaptosomal preparations is not co-released with noradrenaline or dopamine but must originate from other sources.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 143-147 |
Número de páginas | 5 |
Publicación | European Journal of Pharmacology |
Volumen | 80 |
N.º | 1 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - may. 7 1982 |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:The authors thank H.A. Robertson for providing the methods for determining noradrenaline and dopamine and Diana Webb for her expert technical assistance. This study was supported by a grant from the Medical Research Council of Canada.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Pharmacology