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. 1979 Jun 15;35(6):778-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF01968242.

Neurotransmitter synthesis in Limulus ventral nerve photoreceptors

B A Battelle, E A Kravitz, H Stieve

Neurotransmitter synthesis in Limulus ventral nerve photoreceptors

B A Battelle et al. Experientia. .

Abstract

Radiochemical precursor compounds for neurotransmitters were incubated with Limulus ventral nerve photoreceptor preparations. Octopamine was preferentially synthesized by a photoreceptor rich fraction of the nerve, acetylcholine was made by a photoreceptor poor fraction, and gamma-aminobutyric acid was made about equally well in both fractions. The possibility that the ventral nerve photoreceptor cells serve a neurosecretory function in the adult Limulus is discussed.

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