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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1977-9-22
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pubmed:abstractText |
Flexible intracellular micro-electrodes were used to study the effect of changes in muscle length on the end-plate potential in the isolated m. cutaneus pectoris for different frequencies of stimulation (1/60-5Hz). A 20% step-wise increase in muscle length within the physiological range increases the end-plate potential immediately by about 50% (range 0-120%) at all frequencies tested. At stimulus frequencies lower than 1/5 Hz this increase is sustained during a period of 15 min stretch. At 1 Hz, however, the initial increase in the end-plate potential amplitude on the average declines within a few minutes to a steady-state value about 35% higher than the steady-state end-plate potential before stretch. At 5 Hz, the initial amplitude increase is followed by a decline of about 15 min duration and the final amplitude is not increased in comparison with the pre-stretch amplitude. The amplitude of the compound muscle action potential of the gastrocnemius muscle with intact circulation shows a similar time dependent increase upon stretch at different stimulus frequencies. It is concluded that stretch of a frog muscle gives both an immediate and a sustained increase in transmitter release from the nerve terminals during prolonged stimulation at frequencies up to about 5 Hz. This effect of stretch on transmitter release can improve in vivo neuromuscular impulse transmission.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jun
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pubmed:issn |
0031-6768
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
8
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pubmed:volume |
369
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
125-33
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Action Potentials,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Anura,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Mechanoreceptors,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Motor Endplate,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Muscles,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Neuromuscular Junction,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Rana temporaria,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Synaptic Transmission,
pubmed-meshheading:196256-Time Factors
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pubmed:year |
1977
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Intra- and extracellular measurements of frog neuromuscular transmission upon stretch of the muscle at different stimulus frequencies.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
In Vitro
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