The reticulospinal glutamate synapse in lamprey: plasticity and presynaptic variability
Brodin L, Shupliakov O, Pieribone VA, Hellgren J, Hill RH. The reticulospinal glutamate synapse in lamprey: plasticity and presynaptic variability. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1994, 72: 592-604. PMID: 7983521, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1994.72.2.592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsReticulospinal axonsAction potentialsPulse stimulationSynaptic areaBody stimulationElectrotonic componentUse-dependent modulationAxonal action potentialsSecond action potentialDifferent postsynaptic cellsGiant reticulospinal axonsNet facilitationSpinal neuronsPostsynaptic potentialsEPSP componentsGlutamatergic synapsesPresynaptic elementsSynaptic responsesPresynaptic axonsTransmitter releaseGlutamate synapsePostsynaptic cellDegree of facilitationDirect stimulationA functional role for nitric oxide in locus coeruleus: immunohistochemical and electrophysiological studies
Xu Z, Pieribone V, Zhang X, Grillner S, Hökfelt T. A functional role for nitric oxide in locus coeruleus: immunohistochemical and electrophysiological studies. Experimental Brain Research 1994, 98: 75-83. PMID: 7516892, DOI: 10.1007/bf00229111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dioneAmino Acid OxidoreductasesAnimalsArginineElectric StimulationElectrophysiologyEvoked PotentialsHemoglobinsImmunohistochemistryIn Vitro TechniquesLocus CoeruleusMaleMicroscopy, ElectronNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthaseOmega-N-MethylarginineQuinoxalinesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySynapsesSynaptic TransmissionTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseConceptsNeuronal nitric oxideExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsLocus coeruleusNitric oxideFocal electrical stimulationNitric oxide synthaseArginine methyl esterNeuronal cell bodiesRat locus coeruleusNOS inhibitor nitroLC neuronsNG-monomethylLike immunoreactivityNOS inhibitorPostsynaptic potentialsBath applicationOxide synthaseIntracellular recordingsSynaptic transmissionBrain slicesImmunohistochemical analysisElectrophysiological studiesElectrical stimulationAxonal processesCell bodies