Nerve terminals are as metabolically different as the muscle fibers they innervate

Science. 1980 Nov 21;210(4472):927-8. doi: 10.1126/science.7434009.

Abstract

The rate at which glucose enters nerve terminals in muscle was estimated indirectly by measuring changes in miniature end-plate potential frequency D-Glucose entered nerve terminals in muscles with a fast twitch more rapidly than it entered those with a slow twitch. This suggests that nerve terminals in fast- and slow-twitch muscles differ in their rate of metabolism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Transport
  • Diaphragm / innervation
  • Glucose / metabolism*
  • Kinetics
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Nerve Endings / metabolism*
  • Neuromuscular Junction / metabolism*
  • Osmolar Concentration
  • Rats

Substances

  • Glucose