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Biological Sciences: Release of ATP from Rat Motor Nerve Terminals

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INVESTIGATION of the adrenal medulla1,2 and the Torpedo electroplax3 suggested that ATP plays some part in the storage and release of chemical transmitters. The fluid bathing contracting amphibian muscle contains ATP, but this ATP was thought to be released from the muscle4. We present here evidence that ATP is released from motor nerve terminals on indirect stimulation of a mammalian nerve-muscle preparation.

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  1. E. M. SILINSKY

    Present address: Department of Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ

  2. J. I. HUBBARD

    Present address: Department of Physiology, Otago University Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand

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SILINSKY, E., HUBBARD, J. Biological Sciences: Release of ATP from Rat Motor Nerve Terminals. Nature 243, 404–405 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243404a0

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