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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 1/04/1996 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Journal of Physiology |
Issue number | 1 |
Volume | 492 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Pages (from-to) | 257-263 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
1. In this study the secretory response of individual bovine adrenal chromaffin cells was monitored using amperometric carbon-fibre microelectrodes. Cells were stimulated to secrete by exposure to 20-100 μs long tonehursts of ultrasonnd (2-4 x 105 Pa; peak pressure at 1 MHz). 2. Three types of secretory responses were observed: an almost instantaneous response, a delayed release of catecholamines, or a series of 'burst-like' secretory bouts. 3. Fura-2 measurements of intracellular Ca2+ concentrations showed that the release of catecholamines was accompanied by an increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, secretory responses were not evoked showing that Ca2+ entry was necessary to elicit catecholamine release.