Effects of octopamine on miniature excitatory junction potentials from developing and adult moth muscle
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurobiology
- Vol. 17 (4), 291-302
- https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.480170404
Abstract
Intracelluar recordings of excitatory junction potentials (EJPs) and miniature EJPs (MEJPs) were made from the dorsal longitudinal muscle of Manduca sexta to determine the sites of action of octopamine. MEJPs increased in amplitude and frequency as the moth developed during the 3 days before eclosion. DL-Octopamine (5 × 10−6M) increased the amplitude of excitatory junction potentials in both immature moths (one day before eclosion) and adults. Octopamine (10−5M) also increased the amplitude and frequency of MEJPs from immature animals (one and two days before eclosion) but had the opposite effect on adults and pharate adults ready to eclose. Treatment with octopamine (10−5M) resulted in a decrease in input resistance and a hyperpolarization in both immature and adult muscle fibers. The results suggest that octopamine acts both presynaptically and postsynaptically but that the increase in the amplitude of the evoked response is due primarily to influences on presynaptic processes.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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