title: Pressure-dependent changes in the release of GABA by cerebrocortical synaptosomes.
abstract: Previous studies describe a depression in potassium-evoked, calcium-dependent transmitter release from guinea pig cerebrocortical synaptosomes in response to compression to 68 ATA with heliox. The study described in this paper was designed to evaluate whether a similar effect could be detected at lower pressures and to determine whether the effect had an abrupt onset with a fixed response or a progressive response varying over a range of pressures. A typical response to potassium-evoked depolarization was observed at all pressures studied. This consisted of an initial rising phase lasting 2 to 3 min followed by a falling phase. There was a pressure-dependent depression in the absolute amount of transmitter released as well as a depression in the rate of release in the first minute following stimulation. The mean depression in gamma-aminobutyric acid release during the first minute was an average of 15% at 19 ATA, 28% at 37 ATA, 38% at 50 ATA, and 54% at 62 ATA when compared to a 1 ATA control.
authors.affiliation: Diving Medicine Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-5055.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Colton
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Dutka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid