title: [Seasonal characteristics of the emergence from inhibition by and desensitization to acetylcholine of the frog heart muscle].
abstract: Seasonal changes in the sensitivity to acetylcholine (I/KACh), the time of recovery of half-amplitude (T50), as well as the ACh desensitization were studied in ventricles of the frog Rana temporaria. Cardiac arrest could be induced with 10(-7) to 10(-6) M ACh in winter whereas in spring small rhythmic contractions were observed even at 10(-3) M ACh. A correlation between the heart sensitivity to ACh and the time of the heart beat resuming was found: a decrease in the I/KACh corresponded to the 2-3-fold decrease in the T50 in spring and summer. After repeated ACh application the heart sensitivity decreased by 1.5-2.0-fold, i.e. a desensitization occurred. The data obtained are discussed in respect to the phenomenon of escape and involvement of putative modulators of the cholinergic responses: polyphosphates, lysolecithin, hormones.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Nistratova
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Boĭko
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D011896:Rana temporaria; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D000109:Acetylcholine
vernacular_title: Sezonnaia kharakteristika vykhoda iz tormozheniia i desensitizatsii k atsetilkholinu serdechnoĭ myshtsy liagushki.