Neuromuscular junctions and L-glutamate-sensitive sites in the fleshfly, Sarcophaga bullata. |
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Authors: | H Neal |
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Institution: | Department of Zoology, The University, Glasgow G12 8OQ, Scotland |
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Abstract: | Sites have been located on retractor unguis and trochantal depressor muscle fibres of Sarcophaga which respond to iontophoretic application of l-glutamate. No such sites could be found on flight muscle fibres. Ultrastructural examination of the three muscles reveals differences between the muscles in the positions of the neuromuscular junctions. A correlation can be made between the sites of the neuromuscular junctions and the iontophoretically sensitive sites. The possibility of l-glutamate fulfilling a transmitter rôle in these muscles is discussed. |
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