title: Cyclic AMP reduction of frequency following ability in peripheral axons.
abstract: Radioimmunoassays for cAMP demonstrated that a beta-adrenergic agonist, isoproterenol, increased cAMP levels in isolated frog sciatic nerve. Dibutyryl cAMP (db-cAMP) and isoproterenol reduced the amplitude of the compound action potential and decreased the ability of the Xenopus sciatic nerve to follow high frequency stimulation. Similar effects of db-cAMP and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor were seen on intracellularly recorded action potentials of single lobster peripheral axons. These results suggest that cAMP can modulate the electrophysiological response properties of both myelinated and unmyelinated axons.
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008121:Nephropidae; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine