豚鼠腹腔神经节迟慢兴奋性突触后电位与5－HT和P物质的关系

应用细胞内记录,研究了豚鼠腹腔神经节（ＣＧ）细胞非胆碱能迟慢兴奋性突触后电位（ＬＳ－ＥＰＳＰ）与５－羟色胺（５－ＨＴ）及Ｐ物质（ＳＰ）的相互关系。当重复电刺激内脏大神经（ＳＮ）时,有７８．２％的细胞（１６１／２０６）在动作电位发放后出现ＬＳ－ＥＰＳＰ,灌注或压力注射５－ＨＴ或ＳＰ,分别在６８．５％的细胞（１０２／１４９）及５２．１％的细胞（９８／１８８）上引起５－ＨＴ或ＳＰ去极化反应,两者差异非常显著（Ｐ＜０．０１）;大部分具有ＬＳ－ＥＰＳＰ的细胞对５－ＨＴ（７３／８８,８３．０％）或ＳＰ（６８／１１４５９．６％）敏感,而不出现ＬＳ－ＥＰＳＰ的细胞仅有少数对５－ＨＴ（１０／２６,３８．５％）或ＳＰ（１１／３６,３０．６％）敏感,两类细胞的差异非常显著（５－ＨＴ：Ｐ＜０．０００１,ＳＰ：Ｐ＜０．０１）。上述结果支持５－ＨＴ与ＳＰ均作为递质参与ＬＳ－ＥＰＳＰ形成的观点。此外,在１３３个细胞上同时检测了５－ＨＴ与ＳＰ的作用,其中有６６个细胞（４９．６％）对５－ＨＴ及ＳＰ均敏感,提示在ＣＧ细胞,５－ＨＴ与ＳＰ之间可能存在某种机能联系。     

豚鼠腹腔神经节迟慢兴奋性突触后电位与5—HT和P物质的关系

应用细胞内记录,研究了豚鼠腹腔神经节细胞非胆碱能迟慢兴奋性突触后电位与５－羟色胺及Ｐ物质的相互关系。当重复电刺激内脏大神经时,有７８．２％的细胞在动作电位发放后出现ＬＳ－ＥＰＳＰ;灌注或压力注射５－ＨＴ或ＳＰ,分别在６８．５％的细胞（１０２／１４９）及５２．１％的细胞（９８／１８８）上引起５－ＨＴ或ＳＰ去极化反应,两者差异非常显著（Ｐ〈０．０１）;大部分具有ＬＳ－ＥＰＳＰ的细胞对５－ＨＴ（７３／８     

5-HT和NA增强大鼠骶髓后连合核神经元甘氨酸门控Cl~-通道电流由蛋白激酶介导

用制霉菌素穿孔膜片钳方法研究５－ＨＴ和ＮＡ对急性分离的大鼠骶髓后连合核神经元甘氨酸门控氯离子通道电流（ＩＧｌｙ）的调控作用及其胞内机制。发现：（１）５－ＨＴ激活与非胰岛激活蛋白（ＩＡＰ）敏感型Ｇ蛋白偶联的５－ＨＴ２受体亚型,激活磷脂酶Ｃ（ＰＬＣ）,增加甘油二酯（ＤＡＧ）的生成。ＤＡＧ增强不依赖Ｃａ２＋的新型ＰＫＣ（ｎＰＫＣ）的活性,从而增强ＩＧｌｙ;（２）ＮＡ激活与ＩＡＰ敏感型Ｇ蛋白偶联的α２受体,抑制腺苷酸环化酶（ＡＣ）,减少ｃＡＭＰ的生成,使ＰＫＡ活性降低,从而增强ＩＧｌｙ。     

P物质对大鼠胃窦肌条收缩活动的影响及其机制探讨

本文利用器官浴槽孵育离体大鼠胃窦肌条,观察Ｐ物质（ｓｕｂｓｔａｎｃｅＰ,ＳＰ）对肌条收缩的效应及多种拮抗剂或抑制剂对ＳＰ效应的影响。结果：（１）ＳＰ明显增强肌条收缩幅度,在剂量为８×１０－１１－８×１０－７ｍｏｌ范围内里剂量－效应关系。ＳＰ４×１０－８ｍｏｌ,使肌条收缩幅度增强１６０．９±２３．０％．与生理盐水组比较Ｐ＜０．００１。（２）神经节阻断剂六烃季胺、５－ＨＴ２受体阻断剂赛庚啶、Ｈ１受体阻断剂苯海拉明、磷酸二酯酶抑制剂氨茶碱使ＳＰ肌条收缩幅度增强效应明显减弱（Ｐ＜０．０５）。（３）阿托品、心得安、酚妥拉明、氟哌啶醇和纳洛酮预孵育后,ＳＰ增强收缩幅度的效应与单独ＳＰ组相比差异无显著性。结果提示ＳＰ可能是肠神经系统中的非胆碱能兴奋性递质,可能通过激活５－ＨＴ神经元、促使组织胺释放等途径而增强肌条的收缩幅度。     

5—HT对大鼠新鲜分离DRG神经元GABA激活电流的调制作用

本实验在新鲜分离的大鼠背根神经节（ＤＲＧ）细胞上应用全细胞膜片钳技术,观察５－ＨＴ对ＧＡＢＡ激活电流的调制作用。结果发现,绝大多数细胞（４９／５４）对ＧＡＢＡ（１０－８～１０－３ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）产生浓度依赖性的内向电流,并有明显的去敏感现象。在多数细胞预加５－ＨＴ（１０－７～１０－４ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）,ＧＡＢＡ激活电流受到明显抑制,抑制率分别为３．０％,１３．５％,１９．７％,２４．７％,５９．１％。５－ＨＴ（１０－７～１０－４ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）本身在部分细胞（２４／４０）可引起浓度依赖性的内向电流,部分细胞（１２／４０）未检测到膜电流,少数细胞（４／４０）可引起微弱的外向电流。此结果提示５－ＨＴ可能作用于初级传入终末,抑制ＧＡＢＡ引起的初级传入去极化从而调节ＧＡＢＡ的突触前抑制效应     

褪黑素对大鼠海马神经元谷氨酸所致毒性的拮抗作用

在大鼠海马脑片上电刺激Ｓｃｈａｆｆｅｒ 侧支纤维, 胞外记录ＣＡ１ 区锥体细胞层诱发群体锋电位（ｐｏｐｕｌａｔｉｏｎ ｓｐｉｋｅ,ＰＳ） , 观察灌流谷氨酸（Ｇｌｕ） 和褪黑素（ＭＥＬ） 对ＰＳ的影响。结果显示：５－０ ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ浓度的Ｇｌｕ 可使ＰＳ值下降至对照值的４－１ ％ ; ＭＥＬ（０－４ 、０－５ 和０－６ μｍｏｌ／Ｌ） 与５－０ ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＧｌｕ 混合给药,ＰＳ值分别变化为对照值的１４－７ ％ 、１０５－２％ 、２４－３ ％ ; ＭＥＬ（０－５ μｍｏｌ／Ｌ） 、Ｇｌｕ （５－０ ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ） , 与赛庚啶（ＣＤＰ,０－５ μｍｏｌ／Ｌ） 混合给药,ＰＳ值下降至０ 。上述结果提示,５－０ ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ浓度的Ｇｌｕ 有神经毒性作用, 但可为ＭＥＬ拮抗, 这可能由５ＨＴ受体所介导。     

NA和5－HT对小脑脑片浦肯野细胞自发及诱发电活动的影响

在大鼠小脑脑片上观察了ＮＡ和５－ＨＴ对浦肯野细胞（ＰＣ）的自发放电活动及由白质刺激所引起的诱发放电活动的影响。结果表明：（１）ＮＡ使ＰＣ产生抑制、兴奋和双相反应,以抑制反应为主（７９．８％）;５－ＨＴ引起ＰＣ兴奋和抑制反应,以兴奋反应略多（５７．８％）。（２）先后灌流ＮＡ和５－ＨＴ对同一个ＰＣ自发放电的影响主要为抑制（ＮＡ）－兴奋（５－ＨＴ）（５３．８％）。（３）ＮＡ对ＰＣ的诱发复杂锋电位（ＣＳ）和简单锋电位（ＳＳ）反应,主要产生增强效应（５７．１％和６２．８％）;５－ＨＴ对ＰＣ诱发ＣＳ和ＳＳ反应则主要产生压抑作用（６０．０％和６８．２％）。（４）先后灌流ＮＡ和５－ＨＴ对同一个ＰＣ的诱发ＣＳ和ＳＳ反应,主要表现为ＮＡ对这两种诱发反应的增强和５－ＨＴ的压抑效应（６０．０％和５２．９％）。这些结果提示,ＮＡ能和５－ＨＴ能传入纤维可以通过释放ＮＡ和５－ＨＴ调节ＰＣ的兴奋性水平并改变ＰＣ对爬行纤维和苦状纤维突触传入的反应敏感性,影响小脑皮层神经元网络的感觉运动整合过程。     

炎症介质对离体大鼠肠系膜动脉降钙素基因相关肽释放的影响

本工作目的是在离体大鼠肠系膜动脉床灌流模型上,观察几种常见炎症介质：前列腺素Ｅ２（ＰＧＥ２）、缓激肽（ＢＫ）、组胺（ＨＩＳ）、血小板活化因子（ＰＡＦ）及５－羟色胺（５－ＨＴ）对血管周围感觉神经介质ＣＧＲＰ释放的直接影响。结果显示：ＰＧＥ２（１－１００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）和ＢＫ（５－１０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）能引起大鼠肠系膜动脉床时间和浓度依赖性地释放ＣＧＲＰ。ＨＩＳ,ＰＡＦ和５－ＨＴ则未见明显作用。结果提示,ＰＧＥ２与ＢＫ可能是引起血管周围感觉神经兴奋和ＣＧＲＰ释放的主要炎症介质。     

5—HT和NA增强大鼠骶髓后连合核神经元甘氨酸门控Cl^—通道电流由蛋白激...

用制霉菌素穿孔膜片钳方法研究５－ＨＴ和ＮＡ对急性分离的大鼠骶髓后连合核神经元甘氨酸门控氯离子通道电流（ＩＧｌｙ）的调控作用及其胞内机制。发现：（１）５－ＨＴ激活与非胰岛激活蛋白（ＩＡＰ）敏感型Ｇ蛋白偶联的５－ＨＴ２受体亚型,激活磷脂酶Ｃ（ＰＬＣ）,增加甘油二酯（ＤＡＧ）的生成。ＤＡＧ增强不依赖Ｃａ＾２＋的新型ＰＫＣ（ｎＰＫＣ）的活性,从而增强ＩＧｌｙ;（２）ＮＡ激活与ＩＡＰ敏感型Ｇ蛋白偶联的α２受     

5－羟色胺对大鼠下丘脑脑片弓状核神经元自发电活动的影响

在７４张大鼠下丘脑脑片上,用玻璃微电极记录到弓状核自发放电单位１７６个,其放电形式有三种：慢不规则型（１１９个,６７．６％）;快连续型（４６个,２６．１％）;位相型（１１个,６．３％）。５－ＨＴ（１０－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ,３ｍｉｎ）对不同形式放电单位的作用均以抑制为主：对部分慢不规则单位（９／１１９）则表现为先抑制后兴奋的双相性反应,对少数神经元有兴奋作用。１２个被５－ＨＴ抑制的单位,其抑制作用不能被噻庚啶（ＣＨＤ,１０－５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）阻断,４个被５－ＨＴ抑制的的单位中,其抑制作用可被二甲基麦角新碱（ＭＳＧ１０－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）部分或完全阻断。７个被５－ＨＴ抑制的单位,其中４个单位中,５－ＨＴ的抑制作用可被特异性５－ＨＴ１Ａ受体阻断剂Ｐｉｎｄｏｂｉｎｄ－５－ＨＴ１Ａ部分阻断;但另外３个单位的阻断效果不明显。上述结果表明：５－ＨＴ对弓状核不同形式放电单位的作用均以抑制为主,其作用可能是通过５－羟色胺（５－ＨＴ１）受体介导的,部分还可能是通过５－ＨＴ１Ａ受体介导的。     

P物质对大鼠三叉神经节神经元GABA-和5-HT-激活电流的反向调制作用

实验采用全细胞膜片钳技术观察P 物质(SP)对大鼠同一三叉神经节(TG)神经元γ-氨基丁酸激活电流(IGABA)和5-羟色胺激活电流(I5-HT)的调制作用。在受检的47 个 TG 细胞中,多数情况下可在同一细胞记录到IGABA 和 I5-HT 两种电流(63.8%,30/47)。在 30 个同时对 GABA 和 5-HT 敏感的细胞,其中 22 个细胞预加 SP(0.01 μmol/L)后,IGABA 减小(35.7 ± 6.1)%,而I5-HT 增加(65.2 ±8.7)%。此种调制作用可被SP 受体拮抗剂GR82334 及胞内透析GDP-β -S 或GF109203X 所阻断。以上结果表明:SP 受体激活后经G 蛋白耦联,通过相同的PLC-DAG-PKC 转导途径对同一感觉神经元共存的GABAA 受体和5-HT3 受体产生相反的调制效应。     

Neurochemically distinct myenteric neurone populations containing calbindin have specific distribution patterns around the circumference of the gastric corpus

We recently described calbindin immunoreactivity in the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig stomach. To study the neurochemical coding of calbindin D28 k (CALB)-containing myenteric neurones, the presence of calretinin (CALRET), choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), enkephalin (ENK), neuropeptide Y, serotonin (5-HT), somatostatin (SOM) and substance P(SP) was investigated immunohistochemically in colchicine-treated preparations. Nitric oxide synthase-containing neurones were detected by NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry. In addition, we investigated the neurone distribution patterns around the gastric corpus. Most CALB neurones were ChAT positive. ChAT/CALB neurones were either CALRET (ca 75%) or 5-HT positive and most contained in addition SP and/or ENK. All 5-HT neurones contained CALB. CALB labelled on average 2.3, 4.8 and 7.5 neurones per ganglion at the lesser curvature, in the central region and the greater curvature, respectively, which indicated a preferential localisation at the greater curvature. Compared to the total number of myenteric neurones, the proportion of CALB neurones increased significantly from the lesser curvature (6%) towards the greater curvature (18%). This shift, although observed for most ChAT/CALB-positive populations, was most prominent for the ChAT/CALB/CALRET/SP/ENK-encoded neurones. SOM-positive and ChAT-only encoded neurones were preferentially located at the lesser curvature. The remaining ten neurochemically defined populations did not exhibit an uneven distribution. The colocalisation of CALB with CALRET or 5-HT is specific for myenteric neurones in the stomach and represents one significant difference to the neurochemical code of CALB neurones in the guinea-pig intestine. The functional significance of the unevenness of neurone distribution along the circumference of the gastric corpus remains to be studied.     

Perturbation of Rat Brain Serotonergic Systems Results in an Inverse Relation Between Substance P and Serotonin Concentrations Measured in Discrete Nuclei

Since substance P (SP) has been demonstrated to coexist with serotonin (5-HT) in the same population of neurons in the descending raphe system, we have studied the possibility of interactions between these neurotransmitters in other brain areas. Brain nuclei were punched from frozen 300-micron slices of rat brain and extracted with 0.1 M HCIO4 or 2 M acetic acid prior to assay, respectively, of 5-HT content by HPLC with electrochemical detection or SP content by specific radioimmunoassay. Ten days after injection of rats with the 5-HT neurotoxin P-chloroamphetamine (PCA, 10 mg/kg, B.W., i.p.) or 3 days after 5-HT synthesis blockade with p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA, 300 mg/kg, B.W., i.p.), the 5-HT content of all brain nuclei studied was reduced by means of, respectively, 50% and 81%. In PCA-treated animals, the SP content of the periaqueductal grey matter was significantly increased; PCPA treatment caused, in addition, large increases in the SP content of five other brain nuclei. Blockade of 5-HT receptors by methysergide (15 mg/kg for 5 days) did not significantly change 5-HT levels or turnover, but resulted in 50-200% increases in the SP content of 10 of the 28 brain nuclei studied. Significant decreases in the SP content of numerous areas were seen following treatments (pargyline 30 mg/kg, alone or in combination with 5-hydroxytryptophan, 60 mg/kg) that simultaneously increased 5-HT levels. These results illustrate the modulation of distinct SP-containing systems of the rat brain by perturbation of central serotoninergic pathways and indicate a reciprocal relationship between the SP and 5-HT concentrations of numerous brain nuclei, in particular n. striae terminalis, n. raphe dorsalis, n. accumbens, n. septi, substantia grisea centralis, and n. raphes medianus.     

Biochemical and immunohistochemical determination of 5-hydroxytryptamine located in mast cells in the trigeminal ganglion of the rat and guinea pig

The presence of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), as well as its precursor (5-HTP) and metabolite (5-HIAA), were biochemically determinated in the trigeminal ganglion of the guinea pig and rat. The distribution of 5-HT in the ganglion and in its posterior root was studied using both indirect immunofluorescence and the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. In order to increase the possible 5-HT content of primary sensory neurons for subsequent immunohistochemical visualization, animals were first treated with nialamide, an inhibitor of monoamine oxidase, and then loaded with L-tryptophan. Another group of animals received colchicine to inhibit intra-axonal transport of transmitter substances. However, even combined use of loading and colchicine treatment did not reveal 5-HT immunoreactivity in ganglion cells. The only source of 5-HT immunoreactivity in the trigeminal ganglion and its posterior root was mast cells. These cells were located around the ganglion in adjacent leptomeningeal and connective tissues, as well as between the ganglion cells and nerve fibers. Only occasionally were mast cells found in the posterior root of the ganglion.     

豚鼠交感神经节非胆碱能迟慢兴奋性突触后电位与蛙皮素、P物质的关系

运用玻璃微电极细胞内记录技术,观察豚鼠(Cavia porcellus)离体肠系膜下神经节(IMG)细胞非胆碱能迟慢兴奋性突触后电位(Is—EPSP)与蛙皮素(BOM)、P物质(SP)的关系,以探讨肽类神经递质在外周神经系统中的作用。结果显示,SP去极化、BOM去极化与Is—EPSP具有相关性;SP受体脱敏使SP敏感细胞的Is—EPSP减弱或消失,但不影响BOM引起的去极化;BOM受体脱敏使BOM敏感细胞的Is—EPSP减弱或消失,但不影响SP引起的去极化。大部分Is—EPSP阳性细胞对SP、BOM敏感,而对SP、BOM均不敏感的细胞多数不出现Is—EPSP。结果提示,BOM、SP通过IMG细胞膜上相应受体参与了Is-EPSP的形成,受体间无交互脱敏现象。     

Biochemical and immunohistochemical determination of 5-hydroxytryptamine located in mast cells in the trigeminal ganglion of the rat and guinea pig

Summary The presence of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), as well as its precursor (5-HTP) and metabolite (5-HIAA), were biochemically determinated in the trigeminal ganglion of the guinea pig and rat. The distribution of 5-HT in the ganglion and in its posterior root was studied using both indirect immunofluorescence and the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. In order to increase the possible 5-HT content of primary sensory neurons for subsequent immunohistochemical visualization, animals were first treated with nialamide, an inhibitor of monoamine oxidase, and then loaded with l-tryptophan. Another group of animals received colchicine to inhibit intra-axonal transport of transmitter substances. However, even combined use of loading and colchicine treatment did not reveal 5-HT immunoreactivity in ganglion cells.The only source of 5-HT immunoreactivity in the trigeminal ganglion and its posterior root was mast cells. These cells were located around the ganglion in adjacent leptomeningeal and connective tissues, as well as between the ganglion cells and nerve fibers. Only occasionally were mast cells found in the posterior root of the ganglion.     

Species differences in the coexistence of 5-hydroxytryptamine and substance P in presynaptic boutons in the cervical ventral horn

Summary Substance P (SP)-and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-containing presynaptic boutons in the cervical ventral horn were studied in chicken, hamster, rat and monkey spinal cords, using PAP and protein A-gold double-labeling techniques in conjunction with monoclonal antibodies. In the chicken, the PAP method demonstrated that SP-immunoreactive boutons contained large spherical dense-cored vesicles (DCVs) whereas 5-HT-immunoreactive boutons displayed both elongated and spherical DCVs. Using the protein A-gold double-labeling technique, 10-nm gold particles for SP were localized over the spherical DCV-containing boutons whereas 15-nm gold particles for 5-HT were localized on elongated DCV-containing boutons. On the other hand, in the other species investigated, both SP-and 5-HT-immunoreactive boutons had similar morphological features as shown by the PAP method; both contained elongated and spherical DCVs. The two differentsized gold particles, each of which labeled either 5-HT or SP, were found together over DCVs in a single bouton. These results indicate that 5-HT and SP are contained in different presynaptic boutons in the chicken, although in the hamster, rat and Japanese macaque, the two neurotransmitters/modulators coexist in the same DCVs in a single bouton. Species differences have thus been demonstrated for the coexistence of 5-HT and SP in the spinal ventral horn.     

Development of substance P and neurokinin A immunoreactivity in ganglia supplying nerves to the submandibular glands of the rat

Developing submandibular, trigeminal and superior cervical ganglia, which provide innervation to the submandibular glands, were studied for substance P (SP)-and neurokinin A (NKA)-immunoreactive (IR) ganglion cells and nerve fibres in rat. These ganglia were examined by using an indirect immunofluorescence technique at daily intervals from the 16th day in utero (i.u.) until birth, and subsequently on the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 12th, 16th, 30th, 42nd postnatal day and in the adult (3 months). In the submandibular ganglion SP- and NKA-IR cells and fibres first appeared in considerable numbers on the 19th day i.u. (in one sample out of five on the 18th day i.u.), when more than 90% of the ganglion cells were immunoreactive to SP and NKA. The number stayed at more than 90% to the 7th postnatal day and then slowly decreased to the levels of adult animals (18% SP, 17% NKA). The first SP- and NKA-IR ganglion cells and fibres appeared in the trigeminal ganglion on the 18th day i.u. when they represented 7% (SP) and 4% (NKA) of the ganglion cells. The number of SP- and NKA-IR cells increased steadily, reaching a maximum at the time of birth when 68% (SP) and 74% (NKA) of the ganglion cells were immunoreactive. Thereafter they began to decrease toward the level of an adult rat (10% SP, 11% NKA). In the superior cervical ganglion only a few SP-and NKA-IR ganglion cells were detected from the 19th day i.u. to the fifth postnatal day. Positive ganglion cells were also occasionally found in the nerve trunks outside the superior cervical ganglion. From the seventh day onwards no SP- or NKA-IR ganglion cells were found. SP-and NKA-IR SIF (small intensively fluorescent) cells were detected from the 16th postnatal day onwards.     

Differential Release of Endogenous 5-Hydroxytryptamine, Substance P., and Neurokinin A from Rat Ventral Spinal Cord in Response to Electrical Stimulation

Abstract: The release of endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), substance P (SP), and neurokinin A (NKA) from superfused tissue slices of rat ventral lumbar spinal cord, where SP and NKA coexist with 5-HT in terminals of descending bulbospinal neurons, was investigated. Electrical field stimulation was performed using square-wave pulses of 2-ms duration and 30 mA stimulus intensity. The following four different patterns of stimulation were used: 2 Hz continuous, 20 Hz continuous, 20 Hz intermittent, and 50 Hz intermittent. 5-HT was measured in the slice superfusates by HPLC with electrochemical detection. SP and NKA were measured by radioimmunoassay. The release of 5-HT was significantly enhanced using all stimulation paradigms and the evoked release of 5-HT per pulse was independent of the stimulation frequency. The release was found to be calcium dependent and there was no increase in the efflux of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in response to stimulation. At 2 Hz (continuous), no significant increase in the release of SP was observed. Stimulation at higher frequencies yielded a significant increase in the release of SP per pulse. At 20 Hz, the release was increased by 73% (continuous) and 74% (intermittent), and at 50 Hz (intermittent) by 175% of basal efflux. The evoked release of NKA was also frequency dependent. At 2 Hz (continuous), no significant increase in the release of NKA was observed. At 20 Hz (intermittent), the evoked release per pulse was increased by 33% and at 50 Hz (intermittent) by 53% compared with the basal efflux of NKA. The results suggest that coexisting neurotransmitters/neuromodulators in the spinal cord may be released in different proportions depending on the stimulation frequency and that only 5-HT is released when the nerve terminal is activated by low-frequency stimulation.