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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 11, 985-993, Copyright © 1991 by Society for Neuroscience

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Characterization of a calcium current in a vertebrate cholinergic presynaptic nerve terminal

EF Stanley and G Goping
NINDS Biophysics Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Calcium currents were recorded from a cholinergic presynaptic nerve terminal in the chick ciliary ganglion using the whole-cell voltage- clamp technique. The presynaptic element of this synapse is in the form of a calyx that envelops the postsynaptic ciliary neuron. A method was developed to isolate the ciliary neuron, expose the calyx, and apply patch-clamp electrodes under visual control. The presynaptic Ca current activated at +30 mV with a fast time constant of about 1.5 msec and deactivated at -80 mV with a time constant of about 0.5 msec, values that are consistent with a role in action-potential-dependent transmitter release. The calyx Ca current was blocked by 0.1 mM Cd or 2 microM omega-conotoxin and was resistant to voltage-dependent inactivation. The presynaptic Ca channel exhibits similarities to the N- type group but differs from these by the minimal voltage-dependent inactivation. This type of channel, designated CaN-PT (N-like, presynaptic terminal), may play a key role in transmitter release at many vertebrate fast-transmitting synapses.


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