Analysis of Sodium Current Fluctuations in the Cut - Open Squid Giant Axon ISABEL LLANO and FRANCISCO BEZANILLA
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Patch pipettes were used to record the current arising from small populations of sodium channels in voltage-clamped cut-open squid axons . The current fluctuations associated with the time-variant sodium conductance were analyzed with nonstationary statistical techniques in order to obtain an estimate for the conductance of a single sodium channel . The results presented support the notion that the open sodium channel in the squid axon has only one value of conductance, 3 .5 pS .
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Analysis of sodium current fluctuations in the cut-open squid giant axon
Patch pipettes were used to record the current arising from small populations of sodium channels in voltage-clamped cut-open squid axons. The current fluctuations associated with the time-variant sodium conductance were analyzed with nonstationary statistical techniques in order to obtain an estimate for the conductance of a single sodium channel. The results presented support the notion that t...
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