Voltage-dependent potassium channels in the molluscan neuron somatic membrane

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-238
Author(s):  
I. S. Magura ◽  
L. A. Vikhreva
1991 ◽  
Vol 266 (12) ◽  
pp. 7583-7587
Author(s):  
M P Kavanaugh ◽  
M D Varnum ◽  
P B Osborne ◽  
M J Christie ◽  
A E Busch ◽  
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1981 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Inoue

A spike that is the result of calcium permeability through potassium channels was separated from the action potential is squid giant axons internally perfused with a 30 mM NaF solution and bathed in a 100 mM CaCl2 solution by blocking sodium channels with tetrodotoxin. Currents through potassium channels were studied under voltage clamp. The records showed a clear voltage-dependent inactivation of the currents. The inactivation was composed of at least two components; one relatively fast, having a time constant of 20--30 ms, and the other very slow, having a time constant of 5--10 s. Voltage clamp was carried out with a variety of salt compositions in both the internal and external solutions. A similar voltage-dependent inactivation, also composed of the two components, was recognized in all the current through potassium channels. Although the direction and intensity of current strongly depended on the salt composition of the solutions, the time-courses of these currents at corresponding voltages were very similar. These results strongly suggest that the inactivation of the currents in attributable to an essential, dynamic property of potassium channels themselves. Thus, the generation of a potassium-channel spike can be understood as an event that occurs when the equilibrium potential across the potassium channel becomes positive.


2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Swati S Kunduri ◽  
Mohammed A Nayeem ◽  
Dovenia S Ponnoth ◽  
Stephen Tilley ◽  
S. Jamal Mustafa

1996 ◽  
Vol 314 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer C. Garratt ◽  
Matthew P. McEvoy ◽  
David G. Owen

2012 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 329a
Author(s):  
Yen May Cheng ◽  
Christina M. Hull ◽  
Christine M. Niven ◽  
Charlene R. Allard ◽  
Tom W. Claydon

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