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ArticleNeuroscience and behavioral physiology2005

Localization of calcium ions in mixed synapses of Mauthner neurons during exposure to substances altering the conductivity of gap junctions.

L L Pavlik, E N Bezgina, D A Dzeban, D A Moshkov

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Article in Neuroscience and behavioral physiology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

L L PavlikNeuron Ultrastructure Laboratory, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino.
E N Bezgina
D A Dzeban
D A Moshkov
Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics · RUPushchino State Institute of Natural Sciences · RU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pyroantimonate method was used to study the distribution of calcium ions in the mixed synapses of Mauthner neurons after exposure to substances altering the electrotonic conductivity of these synapses mediated by gap junctions (GJ). Ecdysone, an agent which increases GJ conductivity, produced precipitates of calcium pyroantimonate coating the whole postsynaptic surface of the GJ area, making them strongly asymmetrical. Precipitate granules were also seen to appear in the clefts of desmosome-like contacts (DLC). Chlorpromazine, which decreases GJ conductivity, produced precipitates in GJ clefts and on the pre- and postsynaptic membranes. No precipitate formed in DLC clefts. These results demonstrate that ecdysone acts as an agent selectively increasing GJ conductivity without affecting DLC function. Chlorpromazine had a double action, blocking conduction through both GJ and DLC. Thus, studies of agents altering GJ permeability require consideration of the possibility that they may interact with actin-containing structures also involved in the transport of the electrotonic signal.

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AnimalsCalciumChlorpromazineDopamine AntagonistsEcdysoneGap JunctionsGoldfishMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionNeuronsSynapsesCalciumChlorpromazineDopamine AntagonistsEcdysone

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PMID16033190
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