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J Neurophysiol 82: 1091-1096, 1999;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 82 No. 2 August 1999, pp. 1091-1096
Copyright ©1999 by the American Physiological Society

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Cholinergic Synaptic Transmission in Insect Mushroom Bodies In Vitro

Sharon Oleskevich

Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia

Oleskevich, Sharon Cholinergic Synaptic Transmission in Insect Mushroom Bodies In Vitro. J. Neurophysiol. 82: 1091-1096, 1999. The mushroom body of the bee brain is an important site for learning and memory. Here we investigate synaptic transmission in the mushroom body using extracellular recording techniques in a whole bee brain in vitro preparation. The postsynaptic response showed attenuation by cadmium and paired-pulse facilitation, similar to in vivo findings. This confirms the viability of the in vitro preparation and supports the isolated whole bee brain as a useful model of the in vivo preparation. Bath application of the acetylcholine receptor antagonists, D-tubocurarine and alpha -bungarotoxin attenuated the postsynaptic response by 61 and 62% of control, respectively. The glutamate receptor antagonists, (+)-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid and 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, had no effect. The invertebrate monoamine and neuromodulator, octopamine, transiently increased the postsynaptic response by 130% of control. These results suggest that synaptic transmission of the olfactory input pathway in the mushroom body is 1) mediated primarily by acetylcholine and 2) modulated by octopamine.




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