Abstract：
:Changes in absorbance of voltage-sensitive merocyanine-rhodanine dyes were used to monitor electrical responses in the semilunar ganglion of 4-10-day-old developing chick embryos. The electrical responses were simultaneously recorded from many positions in the ganglion. Stimulation of the afferent nerve fibers (the ophthalmic division of cranial nerve V) with a suction electrode led to changes in light absorption of the stained ganglia. With both the depolarizing and hyperpolarizing pulses, the change was largest at 700 nm and was eliminated at a wavelength of 620 nm where the voltage-dependent absorption change of the dyes disappears. In the 4-10-day-old embryonic ganglia, two types of optical membrane potential responses, 'non-conducted' and 'conducted' responses, were identified. The non-conducted response varied with the intensity of the stimulus and had the nature of an electrotonic spread. Furthermore, this non-conducted response exhibited an 'initial upstroke-response' followed by the steady-state plateau evoked by larger depolarizing pulses. The conducted responses were blocked by tetrodotoxin (TTX) or by high external potassium concentration. The incidence of the conducted responses increased as development proceeded from the 5th to the 10th day of age. Thus, the TTX-sensitive action potential activity is probably generated initially in the semilunar ganglion during the 5-10-day-stage of development. These data represent the first demonstration of membrane potential responses in early embryonic intact nervous system. Furthermore, these studies demonstrate the usefulness of voltage-sensitive dyes in the analysis of the organizing process of embryonic neuronal functions during these early stages of development.
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Brain Resjournal_title
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Sakai T,Hirota A,Komuro H,Fujii S,Kamino Kdoi
10.1016/0165-3806(85)90130-0subject
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1985-01-01 00:00:00pages
39-51issue
1-2eissn
0006-8993issn
1872-6240journal_volume
349pub_type
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