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Time course of the sodium permeability change during a single membrane action potential. 1970

I Atwater, and F Bezanilla, and E Rojas

1. A method for measuring the time course of ionic fluxes during a non-propagated membrane action potential is described; the technique combines intracellular perfusion of the squid giant axon with radioactive tracer methods and with a method for controlling the membrane potential during small time intervals.2. The method is used to determine the temporal course of the sodium extra influx during an action potential.3. The results agree with the time course of the permeability change to sodium ions calculated with the Hodgkin & Huxley equations.4. An average extra sodium influx of 7.13 p-mole/cm(2) per action potential was determined at 12 degrees C and of 5.23 p-mole/cm(2) per action potential at 15 degrees C.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002463	Cell Membrane Permeability	A quality of cell membranes which permits the passage of solvents and solutes into and out of cells.	Permeability, Cell Membrane
D000200	Action Potentials	Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli.	Spike Potentials,Nerve Impulses,Action Potential,Impulse, Nerve,Impulses, Nerve,Nerve Impulse,Potential, Action,Potential, Spike,Potentials, Action,Potentials, Spike,Spike Potential
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001369	Axons	Nerve fibers that are capable of rapidly conducting impulses away from the neuron cell body.	Axon