ACTION OF SOME DRUGS ON THE DORSAL ROOT POTENTIALS OF THE ISOLATED TOAD SPINAL CORD
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- 1 October 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 17 (2), 224-231
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1961.tb01282.x
Abstract
A series of drugs which potentiate or antagonize transmission at cholinergic synapses have been tested on the slow depolarizing dorsal root potentials evoked by stimulation of adjacent dorsal and ventral roots. Some drugs acted specifically on the dorsal root potential evoked by ventral root stimulation. Dihydro-β-erythroidine, atropine and acetylcholine depressed this potential, whilst anticholinesterase substances in low concentrations potentiated and in higher concentrations depressed it. It is concluded that the results offer some evidence for a cholinergic link in the pathway responsible for the generation of depolarizing potentials in the dorsal root subsequent to ventral root stimulation.Keywords
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