Effects of Vagal Stimulation and Applied Acetylcholine on the Arrested Sinus Venosus of the Toad

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Journal J Physiol

Specialty Physiology

Date 1990 Jun 1

PMID 2120424

Citations 9

Authors

R A Bywater

G D Campbell

F R EDWARDS

G D Hirst

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Abstract

1. The effects of vagal stimulation and applied acetylcholine were compared on sinus venosus preparations of the toad, Bufo marinus, in which beating had been inhibited by adding the organic calcium antagonist nifedipine. 2. Bath-applied acetylcholine and vagal stimulation each caused membrane hyperpolarizations which were abolished by hyoscine. 3. Whereas the hyperpolarization that accompanied vagal stimulation was largely unaffected by barium ions, that produced by bath-applied acetylcholine was almost abolished. 4. Caesium ions also prevented the hyperpolarization produced by bath-applied acetylcholine but potentiated the responses to vagal stimulation. 5. The membrane resistance of arrested sinus venosus cells was found to be higher during vagal stimulation than in the absence of stimulation. In contrast when a similar hyperpolarization was produced by adding acetylcholine, the membrane resistance was found to be lower than in control solution. 6. The results are discussed in relation to the idea that neuronally released acetylcholine causes membrane hyperpolarization by suppressing inward current flow and applied acetylcholine acts to increase outward current flow.

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