Cobalt blocks the decrease in MEPSP frequency on depolarization in calcium-free hypertonic media.
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Media made hyperosmotic with sucrose increase the frequency of spontaneously released quanta of transmitter, or miniature excitatory postsynaptic potentials (MEPSPs). In calcium-free medium, depolarization with high potassium reduces the MEPSP frequency, presumably due to calcium efflux in the reversed gradient condition. This effect of depolarization is blocked by cobalt, supporting the above interpretation of the effects of hypertonicity and depolarization and suggesting that cobalt can block efflux as well as influx through calcium channels.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neurobiology
دوره 17 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986