| Literature DB >> 13631204 |
A M SHANES, W H FREYGANG, H GRUNDFEST, E AMATNIEK.
Abstract
Changes in spike configuration and in the inward and outward currents of voltage-clamped axons agree in indicating that the increases in permeability to sodium and potassium ions during activity are depressed by procaine and cocaine and augmented by calcium. At low levels of depolarization, the effect of the multivalent ion is similar to that of the local anesthetics, in keeping with their similar effects on the threshold of excitability. The reduction of membrane conductance at rest requires a higher concentration of the drugs than that needed to affect the increase in permeability with activity.Entities:
Keywords: ANESTHETICS, LOCAL/effects; CALCIUM/effects; NEURONS/physiology; POTASSIUM/metabolism; SODIUM/metabolism
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Year: 1959 PMID: 13631204 PMCID: PMC2195003 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.42.4.793
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Physiol ISSN: 0022-1295 Impact factor: 4.086