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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-9-22
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0031-6768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
369
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
125-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Intra- and extracellular measurements of frog neuromuscular transmission upon stretch of the muscle at different stimulus frequencies.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro