Action potentials and release of neurohypophysial hormones in vitro

The Journal of Physiology
J J DreifussK B Ruf

Abstract

1. Isolated rat neurohypophyses were studied in vitro and the hormones released on electrical stimulation of the pituitary stalk or on exposure to excess potassium were estimated by a milk-ejection assay.2. The stalk was stimulated with trains of 500 stimuli, or multiples thereof, applied at different frequencies. Below frequencies of ca. 35 c/s, hormone release was found to depend on the total number of stimuli applied as well as on the frequency of stimulation. Above ca. 35 c/s, identical numbers of stimuli were progressively less effective as the frequency of stimulation was increased, and the dependence of the hormone output on the total number of stimuli was less apparent.3. The amplitude of the compound action potential recorded from the neurohypophysis following electrical stimulation of the stalk was found to decrease as a function of the frequency of stimulation. Stimulation at 50 c/s reduced its amplitude about sevenfold within 30 sec.4. The addition of tetrodotoxin (TTX) to the incubation media abolished the compound action potential recorded from the neural lobe as well as the release of hormones evoked by electrical stimulation. Resting release, however, was unaffected by TTX.5. In TTX-treated neural lobes, excess ...Continue Reading

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