Effects of acrylamide and other sulfhydryl compounds in vivo and in vitro on staining of motor nerve terminals by the zinc iodide-osmium technique

1984 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Kemplay ◽  
John B. Cavanagh
Keyword(s):  
Motor Nerve ◽  
Nerve Terminals ◽  
Motor Nerve Terminals ◽  
Sulfhydryl Compounds ◽  
Zinc Iodide

scholarly journals The in vivo effect of lipopolysaccharide on the spontaneous release of transmitter from motor nerve terminals

1995 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 1757-1760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shing H. Liu ◽  
Tzong J. Sheu ◽  
Ruey H. Lin ◽  
Shoei Y. Lin-Shiau
Keyword(s):  
Motor Nerve ◽  
Nerve Terminals ◽  
Spontaneous Release ◽  
Motor Nerve Terminals

Zinc iodide-osmium tetroxide reaction: its effect on the synaptic vesicles in locust neuromuscular junctions and its chemical basis

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 614-615
Author(s):  
M. Reinecke ◽  
Ch. Walther
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Vesicles ◽  
Osmium Tetroxide ◽  
Neuromuscular Junctions ◽  
Motor Nerve ◽  
Locusta Migratoria ◽  
Nerve Terminals ◽  
Neurobiological Research ◽  
Zinc Iodide ◽  
Electron Lucent

The zinc iodide-osmium tetroxide reaction (ZIO) was first used in neurobiological research by Maillet (Bull. Ass. Anat. 53, 233; 1968). Subsequently several authors have shown that, under appropriate conditions, ZIO stains mainly the interior of synaptic vesicles. The substrate of this reaction is under discussion, since ZIO can also react with other subcellular structures in a variety of tissues, e. g. mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, dictyosomes and lysosomes. Additionally, in vitro substances as different as some aminoacids, catecholamines, aldehydes and phospholipids (Pellegrino de Iraldi, Experientia 33, 1; 1977) can yield black precipitations with ZIO.Our studies were done with the motor nerve terminals at the femoral retractor unguis muscle of the locust (Locusta migratoria). These terminals are chiefly the endings of excitatory motoraxons and are characterized by the presence of electron lucent vesicles and by an accumulation of mitochondria.

Electrical activity of mouse motor nerve terminals

1984 ◽  
Vol 222 (1226) ◽  
pp. 115-120 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Activity ◽  
Transmitter Release ◽  
Motor Nerve ◽  
Extracellular Recording ◽  
Nerve Terminals ◽  
Motor Nerve Terminals ◽  
Inward Current ◽  
Recent Claim

Focal extracellular recording was made from presynaptic motor nerve terminals made visible directly in in vitro preparations of mouse intercostalis intimi muscles. The demonstration of a net inward current distally in these terminals at sites of transmitter release allow the conclusion that the mammalian terminal is electrically excitable, contrary to a recent claim that it is not.

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