title: [The GABA-ergic regulation of the Lymnaea stagnalis (L.) dorsal longitudinal muscle contractions].
abstract: Presence of GABA-immunoreactive fibres in the nerve cervicalis inferior was shown as well as their regulatory effects upon contractions of the dorsal longitudinal muscle in Lymnaea stagnalis. The exogenous GABA affected the amplitude of evoked muscle contractions diminishing them at concentrations from 10(-8) M and augmenting them from above 10(-5) M. Picrotoxin produced opposite effects on the muscle contractions in the same concentration range. Bicucullin did not affect the contractions. The findings are discussed from the standpoint of the supposed functional heterogeneity of the GABA receptors in the mollusc nerve-muscle junction.
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Kononenko
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Zhukov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001640:Bicuculline / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D018756:GABA Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000502:physiology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D010852:Picrotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001640:Bicuculline; D018756:GABA Antagonists; D010852:Picrotoxin; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid