title: [The endogenous opioid system tonically activates the locomotor neurons in the mollusk Lymnaea stagnalis].
abstract: Keeping specimens of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis in the aqueous solution of the opiate antagonist naloxone (0.1 mM) or naltrexone (0.1 mM) resulted in a suppression of motor activity, and, particularly, in a decrease in the rate of ciliary locomotion. The activity of ciliomotor serotonergic neurons of the Pedal A cluster was intracellularly recorded in preparations of isolated ganglia. Naloxone (0.1 mM) suppressed, whereas the opiate agonists morphine (0.1 mM) and DAGO (0.05 mM) accelerated the synaptically driven firing of the Pedal A neurons both in preparations of the entire CNS and isolated pedal ganglia. The obtained results testify to the occurrence of tonic activatory influence of the endogenous opioids on the ciliomotor pedal neurons of snails and suggest that this influence is, at least partially, mediated by their synaptic input.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: D'iakonova
mesh_terms: D006916:5-Hydroxytryptophan / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004594:Electrophysiology; D008124:Locomotion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D009271:Naltrexone / Q000494:pharmacology; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009294:Narcotics / Q000494:pharmacology; D018847:Opioid Peptides / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009294:Narcotics; D018847:Opioid Peptides; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D009270:Naloxone; D009271:Naltrexone; D009020:Morphine; D006916:5-Hydroxytryptophan
vernacular_title: Endogennaia opioidnaia sistema tonicheski aktiviruet lokomotornye motoneĭrony molliuska Lymnaea stagnalis.