[Adaptation of synaptic transmission to high concentrations of homocysteinic acid].

Autor: Boĭchuk IaA; Bogomolets Institute of Physiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv. mb@serv.biph.kiev.ua, Kopanytsia MV, Lozova NO
Jazyk: ukrajinština
Zdroj: Ukrains'kyi biokhimichnyi zhurnal (1999 ) [Ukr Biokhim Zh (1999)] 2001 Sep-Oct; Vol. 73 (5), pp. 114-8.
Abstrakt: Prolonged incubation with 25 microM homocysteine acid led to initial suppression of the synaptic transmission, which in 6 out of 12 cases was followed by the restoration of the population spike to values 63% from the control. In the rest of experiments, a transient decrease of the population spike amplitude was observed during wash-out of homocysteine acid. Such a pattern suggests that synaptic transmission has special mechanisms for adaptation to increasing concentrations of the excitatory amino acids which are potentially damaging.
Databáze: MEDLINE