Modulating role of ATP in the neuromuscular junction
Giniatullin, R.A.; Sokolova, E.M.
Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal Imeni I.M. Sechenova 84(10): 1132-1138
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-8139 PMID: 10097281 Document Number: 489316
Review of modulating role of the ATP in neuro-muscular junction is based on experiments and literature references. Endogenous ATP was found to inhibit the transmitter release due to a direct interaction with the P2 receptors on the motor nerve endings, and to modulate development of postsynaptic potentiation due to interaction with cholinoreceptors of the postsynaptic membrane.