GENERAL ANAESTHETICS AND THE ACETYLCHOLINE‐SENSITIVITY OF CORTICAL NEURONES
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- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 58 (3), 359-366
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1976.tb07712.x
Abstract
1 The effects of general anaesthetics on neuronal responses to iontophoretically-applied acetylcholine have been examined in slices of guinea-pig olfactory cortex maintained in vitro. 2 Acetylcholine excited 61% of the prepiriform neurones tested. The excitation was blocked by atropine, but not by dihydro-β-erythroidine or gallamine. 3 Alphaxalone reversibly depressed the acetylcholine-sensitivity of prepiriform neurones. Pentobarbitone did not consistently depress the acetylcholine sensitivity of these cells. 4 Ether, methoxyflurane, trichloroethylene and halothane caused a dose-related augmentation of acetylcholine-induced firing. 5 These results show that general anaesthetics do not necessarily depress the sensitivity of nerve cells to all excitatory substances and that different anaesthetics may affect a particular excitatory process in various ways.Keywords
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