Abstract
The effect of electrical field stimulation (EFS) on smooth muscle strips from the chicken crop was investigated. The EFS (5 Hz, 2 ms, 400 mA; 10 Hz, 2 ms, 400 mA; 5 Hz, 2 ms, 500 mA; 10 Hz, 2 ms, 500 mA) produced contractions in all preparations. Atropine (10(-5) mol l-1) diminished muscle contraction in response to EFS. Tetrodotoxin (5 X 10(-6) mol l-1) fully suppressed the contractile responses to EFS. A serotonin antagonist (methysergide, 10(-4) mol l-1) did not alter contractions elicited by EFS. Propranolol (10(-5) mol l-1) led to an increase of contractions induced by EFS. Noradrenaline (10(-6)-10(-4) mol l-1) reduced acetylcholine-induced (1.1 X 10(-6) mol l-1) contraction of the crop smooth muscle strips. Propranolol (10(-5) mol l-1) abolished noradrenaline-induced relaxation almost fully. Tetrodotoxin (5 X 10(-6) mol l-1) did not change the relaxing effect of noradrenaline. These results suggested that the responses of crop smooth muscle to EFS involve excitatory cholinergic and non-cholinergic (probably peptidergic) as well as inhibitory adrenergic nerves.
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