A PRESYNAPTIC EFFECT OF D-TUBOCURARINE IN NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
A PRESYNAPTIC EFFECT OF D-TUBOCURARINE IN NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1748-1716.1961.tb02208.x
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发表时间:
1961-01-01
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NAESS, K
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LILLEHEIL, G;NAESS, K
End-plate potentials (e. p. p.) of isolated phrenic nerve diaphragm preparation have been recorded at different stages during development to complete curarization and during recovery of the preparations. In rat phrenic nerve diaphragm preparations the first effect obtained during increasing curarization is characterized by the constancy of the e. p. p. during tetanic stimulation, i.e. by lack of Wedensky inhibition. This phenomenon, with a rapid decline of e. p. p., develops under the influence of tubocurarine and must probably be caused by this pharmacological influence. It is concluded that the mechanism behind the Wedensky inhibition must be of presynaptic origin, and probably be due to a reinforcement of the naturally occurring tendency to block of propagation of tetanic impulses in the last arborization of the motor nerve. The following topics are more comprehensively treated in the discussion: 1. The possible presynaptic effect of tubocurarine in relation to the classical theory of a pure postsynaptic one demonstrated by Dale, Feldberg and Vogt (1936) when single stimulations were used. 2. The possible course of release of acetylcholine during tetanic stimulation. 3. Possible desensitization of receptor substance to ACh during transmission of repetitive impulses. 4. Effect of other quaternary ammonium compounds on nerve fibres, especially on unmyelinated nerve endings.