Transmission at autonomic neuroeffector junctions.

Abstract:

:For organs innervated by the autonomic nervous system, it is generally held that neuroeffector transmission is achieved by varicosities releasing transmitters some distance from the membranes of target cells. Transmitters are thought to diffuse through the extracellular space and interact with post-junctional receptors that are widely distributed over the cell membranes. This article presents an alternative view, suggesting that transmission can occur at organized neuroeffector contacts, that transmitters interact with restricted pools of specialized junctional receptors, and that many receptors on target cells are not involved in neuroeffector transmission.

journal_name

Trends Neurosci

journal_title

Trends in neurosciences

authors

Hirst GD,Bramich NJ,Edwards FR,Klemm M

doi

10.1016/0166-2236(92)90024-3

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-02-01 00:00:00

pages

40-6

issue

2

eissn

0166-2236

issn

1878-108X

pii

0166-2236(92)90024-3

journal_volume

15

pub_type

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