Neostigmine augments responses of the rat anococcygeus muscle to field stimulation

Warden-Smith, Jeremy and Spriggs, T. L. 1983. Neostigmine augments responses of the rat anococcygeus muscle to field stimulation. British Journal of Pharmacology 78 (1) , pp. 57-65.

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1 The effects of neostigmine on noradrenergic transmission have been studied in the field stimulated, isolated anococcygeus muscle of the rat. 2 In those muscles where the excitatory response to field stimulation was not completely inhibited by guanethidine (5 X 10(-6) to 10(-5) M) or phentolamine (10(-6) M), atropine (5 X 10(-8) M) gave no further inhibition of the response. 3 The shape of the response to field stimulation was altered in a dose-dependent manner by neostigmine (5 X 10(-7) to 5 X 10(-6) M), such that a 'shoulder' appeared during the relaxation phase. The 'shoulder', present at all stimulation frequencies tested between 3 and 40 Hz, was abolished by atropine (5 X 10(-8) M) and unaffected by tubocurarine (10(-6) M). 4 Neostigmine (2.5 X 10(-6) M), whether alone or in the presence of atropine (5 X 10(-8) M), had no effect on the uptake or stimulation-induced release of [3H]-noradrenaline. 5 Using electron microscopy, small Schwann/axon bundles close to smooth muscle cells rarely showed cholinesterase staining, whereas larger bundles at the outer serosal aspects of the muscle exhibited dense staining. 6 It is concluded that the observed effects of neostigmine are not due to a presynaptic effect on noradrenergic transmission.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0007-1188
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2021 02:35
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10881

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