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Regulation of intracellular free arachidonic acid in Aplysia nervous system
We have studied the regulation of arachidonic acid (AA) uptake, metabolism, and release in Aplysia nervous system. Following uptake of [ 3 H]AA, the distribution of radioactivity in intracellular and extracellular lipid pools was measured as a function of time in the presence or absence of exogenous AA. The greatest amount of AA was esterified into phosphatidylinositol (relative to pool size). We found that the intracellular free AA pool underwent rapid turnover, and that radioactive free AA and eicosanoids were released at a rapid rate into the extracellular medium, both in the presence and absence of exogenous AA. Most of the released radioactivity originated from phosphatidylinositol.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/48020/1/232_2005_Article_BF01868464.pd
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Mapping of neuronal contacts with intracellular injection of horseradish peroxidase and Lucifer yellow in combination
A technique for the simultaneous visualization in the light microscope of processes of neurons filled with horseradish peroxidase and Lucifer yellow in combination has been developed. The technique is applied to determine the location, number and distribution of presumptive synaptic sites between neurons in the leech central nervous system