Pivovarov A S, Saganelidze G N
Nauchnye Doki Vyss Shkoly Biol Nauki. 1989(8):41-6.
Rhythmic application of acetylcholine or serotonin to the local zone of somatic membrane was used to study the effect of extinction of RPa4 neuron depolarization in Helix lucorum on the excitability of adjacent chemo- and electroexcitable zone. It has been found that the extinction of response to iontophoretic application of acetylcholine to one somatic zone decreases the sensitivity of serotonin and cholinoreceptors in adjacent zones, as well as the excitability of electroexcitable membrane. The effect on the excitability of adjacent zones does not depend on the type of receptors activated rhythmically, as the extinction of RPa4 response to the repeated application of serotonin also reduces the sensitivity of adjacent cholinoreceptor zones. A cause of this effect may lie in modification of chemoreceptors and ionic channels, by intracellular regulatory systems that become activated by repeated stimulation.