Early cross-striation formation in twitching Xenopus myocytes in culture.
Spontaneous release of neurotransmitter has been demonstrated in various types of synapses. Its physiological significance, however, is still unknown. In nerve-muscle cultures of embryonic Xenopus...
Initial synaptic transmission at the growth cone in Xenopus nerve-muscle cultures.
The excellent visibility of cultured cells allows the early events during formation of the neuromuscular junction to be suitably studied. It has been shown in various culture systems that synaptic...
Ontogeny of electrically excitable cells in cultured olfactory epithelium.
Schubert, D, Stallcup, W, LaCorbiere, M, Kidokoro, Y, Orgel, L
A primary system has been developed in which it is possible to study the production of electrically excitable neuron-like cells from a precursor population of olfactory epithelial cells. Rat nasal...
Cholinergic metabolism and synapse formation by a rat nerve cell line.
Schubert, D, Heinemann, S, Kidokoro, Y
The PC12 clone of a rat pheochromocytoma is able to synthesize acetylcholine. The amount of acetylcholine synthesized, and the specific activity of choline O-acetyltransferase (acetyl-CoA:choline...
Chang, H, Ciani, S, Kidokoro, Y
Ion permeation properties of the glutamate receptor channel in cultured myotubes of Drosophila embryos were studied using the inside-out configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Lowering the NaCl...
1. Single acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channel currents were analysed in Xenopus myocyte culture. Channel events activated by ACh were recorded using the cell-attached patch clamp technique at low...
1. Developmental changes in single acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channel properties were analysed in cultured Xenopus myocytes at low temperatures (11-16 degrees C) using the cell-attached patch clamp...
1. Further developmental changes in acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channel function were examined in Xenopus muscle cultures using the cell-attached patch-clamp technique. 2. Two types of acetylcholine...
Acetylcholine receptor channel properties during development of Xenopus muscle cells in culture.
Brehm, P, Kidokoro, Y, Moody-Corbett, F
Developmental changes in acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channel function on aneural cultures of embryonic myotomal muscle cells were examined using the patch-clamp technique. At all stages of...
Kidokoro, Y., Miyazaki, S., Ozawa, S.
1. The effect of acetylcholine (ACh) on the rat adrenal chromaffin cell membrane was examined in culture by using an intracellular recording technique. ACh was applied with gas pressure through a...
1. The role of action potentials in adrenaline secretion was investigated in the rat adrenal medulla. The effects of various treatments on adrenaline secretion from the perfused adrenal medulla were...
Action potentials in the rat chromaffin cell and effects of acetylcholine.
Brandt, B L, Hagiwara, S, Kidokoro, Y, Miyazaki, S
1. Electrophysiological properties of the rat chromaffin cell were studied using intracellular recording techniques. 2. The resting potential in the chromaffin cell was -49 +/- 6 mV (mean +/- S.D., n...
Developmental changes of membrane electrical properties in a rat skeletal muscle cell line.
1. The developmental changes of the cell membrane electrical properties were studied with micro-electrodes in a rat skeletal muscle cell line. 2. The resting potentials in myoblasts were minus 71...
Sodium and calcium components of the action potential in a developing skeletal muscle cell line.
1. Developmental changes in action potential properties were studied in a clonal rat skeletal muscle cell line. 2. Small action potentials were evoked in mononucleate myoblasts. No spike was seen in...
Na and Ca components of action potentials in amphioxus muscle cells
1. The ionic mechanism of the action potential produced in lamella-like muscle cells of amphioxus, Branchiostoma californiense, was investigated with intracellular recording and polarization...
Excitation—contraction coupling in amphioxus muscle cells
Hagiwara, S., Henkart, Maryanna P., Kidokoro, Y.
1. Excitation-contraction coupling was studied in myotomal muscles of amphioxus, Branchiostoma californiense.
Sanyal, S., Consoulas, C., Kuromi, H., Basole, A., Mukai, L., Kidokoro, Y., ...
Individual contributions made by different calcium release and sequestration mechanisms to various aspects of excitable cell physiology are incompletely understood. SERCA, a sarco-endoplasmic...
Early cross-striation formation in twitching Xenopus myocytes in culture.
Spontaneous release of neurotransmitter has been demonstrated in various types of synapses. Its physiological significance, however, is still unknown. In nerve-muscle cultures of embryonic Xenopus...
Initial synaptic transmission at the growth cone in Xenopus nerve-muscle cultures.
The excellent visibility of cultured cells allows the early events during formation of the neuromuscular junction to be suitably studied. It has been shown in various culture systems that synaptic...
Ontogeny of electrically excitable cells in cultured olfactory epithelium.
Schubert, D, Stallcup, W, LaCorbiere, M, Kidokoro, Y, Orgel, L
A primary system has been developed in which it is possible to study the production of electrically excitable neuron-like cells from a precursor population of olfactory epithelial cells. Rat nasal...
Cholinergic metabolism and synapse formation by a rat nerve cell line.
Schubert, D, Heinemann, S, Kidokoro, Y
The PC12 clone of a rat pheochromocytoma is able to synthesize acetylcholine. The amount of acetylcholine synthesized, and the specific activity of choline O-acetyltransferase (acetyl-CoA:choline...
Chang, H, Ciani, S, Kidokoro, Y
Ion permeation properties of the glutamate receptor channel in cultured myotubes of Drosophila embryos were studied using the inside-out configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Lowering the NaCl...
1. Single acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channel currents were analysed in Xenopus myocyte culture. Channel events activated by ACh were recorded using the cell-attached patch clamp technique at low...
1. Developmental changes in single acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channel properties were analysed in cultured Xenopus myocytes at low temperatures (11-16 degrees C) using the cell-attached patch clamp...
1. Further developmental changes in acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channel function were examined in Xenopus muscle cultures using the cell-attached patch-clamp technique. 2. Two types of acetylcholine...
Acetylcholine receptor channel properties during development of Xenopus muscle cells in culture.
Brehm, P, Kidokoro, Y, Moody-Corbett, F
Developmental changes in acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channel function on aneural cultures of embryonic myotomal muscle cells were examined using the patch-clamp technique. At all stages of...
Kidokoro, Y., Miyazaki, S., Ozawa, S.
1. The effect of acetylcholine (ACh) on the rat adrenal chromaffin cell membrane was examined in culture by using an intracellular recording technique. ACh was applied with gas pressure through a...
1. The role of action potentials in adrenaline secretion was investigated in the rat adrenal medulla. The effects of various treatments on adrenaline secretion from the perfused adrenal medulla were...
Action potentials in the rat chromaffin cell and effects of acetylcholine.
Brandt, B L, Hagiwara, S, Kidokoro, Y, Miyazaki, S
1. Electrophysiological properties of the rat chromaffin cell were studied using intracellular recording techniques. 2. The resting potential in the chromaffin cell was -49 +/- 6 mV (mean +/- S.D., n...
Developmental changes of membrane electrical properties in a rat skeletal muscle cell line.
1. The developmental changes of the cell membrane electrical properties were studied with micro-electrodes in a rat skeletal muscle cell line. 2. The resting potentials in myoblasts were minus 71...
Sodium and calcium components of the action potential in a developing skeletal muscle cell line.
1. Developmental changes in action potential properties were studied in a clonal rat skeletal muscle cell line. 2. Small action potentials were evoked in mononucleate myoblasts. No spike was seen in...
Na and Ca components of action potentials in amphioxus muscle cells
1. The ionic mechanism of the action potential produced in lamella-like muscle cells of amphioxus, Branchiostoma californiense, was investigated with intracellular recording and polarization...
Excitation—contraction coupling in amphioxus muscle cells
Hagiwara, S., Henkart, Maryanna P., Kidokoro, Y.
1. Excitation-contraction coupling was studied in myotomal muscles of amphioxus, Branchiostoma californiense.
Sanyal, S., Consoulas, C., Kuromi, H., Basole, A., Mukai, L., Kidokoro, Y., ...
Individual contributions made by different calcium release and sequestration mechanisms to various aspects of excitable cell physiology are incompletely understood. SERCA, a sarco-endoplasmic...
Regulating a Monopoly with Quality Choice under Asymmetric Information
Using a model where a monopoly chooses its commodity's quality as well as its quantity, we consider optimal regulation whenthe monopoly's costs are unknown to the regulator. Regarding quantity and...
We analyse the rate of return (ROR) regulation that is based on the book value of firm's assts, show how the result of it differ from that predicted from the normal Averch-Johnson (AJ) effect, and...
Rate-of-Return and Price-Cap Regulations for Urban Railways
We buid a simple model of commuter railways where congestion exists, show that price-cap (PC) regulation causes congestion compared to rate-of-return (ROR) regulation. We next consider methods to...