Actions of gamma‐aminobutyric acid on sympathetic ganglion cells.
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 250 (1), 85-120
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1975.sp011044
Abstract
1. Responses of single ganglion cells in the isolated rat superior cervical ganglion to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) applied via the bathing medium were recorded using intracellular micro-electrodes. 2. GABA produced a large fall in cell input resistance, frequently to immeasurable levels. In thirteen cells showing a modest response to 100 muM GABA, input resistance fell from 50-5 +/-9-5 to 15.9 +/- 3-2 Momega (means +/- S.E. of mean). After correction for resistance leaks introduced by the impaling electrode, the resting membrane resistance Rm and the resistance of the GABA-shunt Rg in these cells were calculated to be 79-3 +/- 16-6 and 35-0 +/- 9-5 Momega respectively. 3. Cells with recorded resting membrane potentials greater than -42 mV were depolarized by GABA; at resting potential less than -42 mV they were hyperpolarized...Keywords
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