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- From: mvcy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
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- Subject: Re: primary afferent depolarization
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.170447.17093@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 17:04:46 EST
- References: <9301251254.AA21883@xray1.cshl.org> <1993Jan26.123642.11726@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan26.123642.11726@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>,
- senseman@lucy.brainlab.utsa.edu (David M. Senseman) writes:
- >
- > PAD (primary afferent depolarization) isn't all that mysterious.
- > Why would expect depolarization to ENHANCE transmitter release?
- > Assuming that the axonal spike completely invades all the terminals,
- > (probably a reasonable assumption for most systems Eva was
- > referring to), then depolarization would DECREASE syanptic release
- > simply because the membrane potential of the presynaptic terminal
- > would be closer to V which is going to be somewhere above +100 mv.
- > Ca
- >
- > (Hard to do subscripts :)
- >
- > That means the electrical force driving Ca inward would be reduced
- > so that calcium entry during the terminal spike would be reduced.
- > Since transmitter release is dependent on entry of external Ca,
- > less transmitter release would occur.
- >
- > If you get enough PAD so that the terminal membrane is really
- > depolarized, then additional factors could come into to play
- > such as channel inactivation.
- >
- >
- > --
- > David M. Senseman, Ph.D. | Imagine the Creator as a low
- > (senseman@lonestar.utsa.edu) | comedian, and at once the world
- > Center for Information Visualization | becomes explicable.
- > University of Texas at San Antonio | H.L. Mencken
-
- You are forgetting that when the terminal membrane is depolarized, Calcium
- channels would tend to open (It is, after all voltage sensitive, and that's
- the mechanism for normal release when the AP invades the terminals). So
- your reasons are not valid, since there would be a steady calcium inward
- current at rest.
-
- The reason PAD seems to work is thought to be due to the property of Calcium
- channels (at least some type of calcium channels anyway). They seem to be
- inactivated by a high concentration of internal calcium concentration.
- This calcium dependent inactivation of calcium channels would keep the resting
- currents low.
-
- Review your Hille.
-
- Sat Amagai
- mvcy@cornella.cit.cornell.edu
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