COMPARISON OF THE CAPSAICIN-SENSITIVITY AND AMINO ACID-SENSITIVITY OF DORSAL-ROOT C-FIBERS IN THE RAT AND THE TOAD
COMPARISON OF THE CAPSAICIN-SENSITIVITY AND AMINO ACID-SENSITIVITY OF DORSAL-ROOT C-FIBERS IN THE RAT AND THE TOAD
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DOI:
10.1016/0742-8413(91)90279-3
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发表时间:
1991-01-01
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EVANS, RH
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HAWKINS, NS;HEARN, J;EVANS, RH
1. The C elevation of the compound action potential (CAP) was recorded with suction electrodes from dorsal roots of rats at 25-degrees-C and toads (Bufo bufo) at 10-degrees-C. The C fibre CAP had a conduction velocity of 0.5 +/- 0.07 SE M per sec (N = 10) and 0.25 +/- 0.04 M per sec (N = 8) in the rat and toad nerves respectively.2. The depressant effect of applied drugs on the amplitude of the C fibres CAP was measured. Nerves from both species had similar sensitivities to GABA. EC50 5.0-mu-M +/- 0.5 SEM (N = 3) and 5.5-mu-M +/- 1.4 (N = 3) for the rat and toad respectively. Maximum depressant effects of GABA produced in rat and toad nerves were 35% +/- 5 SEM and 17% +/- 2.5 respectively.3. In five out of ten of the rat nerves tested kainate had a clear depressant effect (maximum 36% +/- 4.3 SEM, EC50 6.8-mu-M +/- 0.9 SEM, N = 3) on the C fibre CAP. Kainate, at concentrations from 100 to 500-mu-M, had no effect on seven toad nerves.4. Toad nerves were about 100 times less sensitive, than rat nerves, to capsaicin (ED50 values 430-mu-M +/- 190 SEM and 0.7-mu-M +/- 0.2 respectively, N = 4).5. The similar sensitivity of nerves in both species to GABA and differing sensitivies to kainate and capsaicin suggests that amphibian C fibres specifically lack sensitivity to capsaicin and kainate.