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Abstract
The electrical membrane properties of axotomized and regenerating giant axons from the nerve cord of the cockroach Periplaneta americana were studied. Immediately after axotomy there was a decrease in resting potential, input resistance, and action potential amplitude near the cut end. This decrease was followed by the disappearance of the sodium-dependent action potential; an increase in the resting membrane conductance to K+, Na+, and Ca2+; and the appearance of a calcium-dependent action potential.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7455707 DOI: 10.1126/science.7455707
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728