buthotus schach is one of the dangers scorpion in iran that belong to the buthidae family. toxins are existing in venom scorpion, modulate the ion channels by blocking or opening the pore of the channel or by altering the voltage gating and useful as pharmacological tools. in the present study, we investigated the effect of venom and its obtained fractions by gel filtrations on electrophysiolog...

The effects of ranolazine, an antianginal drug, on potassium channel Kv4.3 were examined by using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Ranolazine inhibited the peak amplitude of Kv4.3 in a reversible, concentration-dependent manner with an IC(50) of 128.31 μM. The activation kinetics were not significantly affected by ranolazine at concentrations up to 100 μM. Applications of 10 and 30 μM rano...

In the cerebral cortex, neurons can be classified into 2 broad morphological classes, referred to as pyramidal and nonpyramidal (stellate) cells, which correspond to functional classes of projection neurons and local circuit interneurons, respectively. In this study, we demonstrate that specific morphological, immunohistochemical, and physiological features, that allow class distinction of neur...

Synchronization between CA1 pyramidal neurons was studied using dual-cell patch-clamp techniques simultaneous with an extracellular measurement of network activity. We explored various linear and nonlinear methods to detect weak synchronization in this network, using cross-correlation, mutual information in one and two dimensions, and phase correlation in both broad and narrow band. The linear ...

The currents through single Na+ channels from the sarcolemma of ventricular cells dissociated from adult rat hearts were studied using the patch-clamp technique. All patches had several Na+ channels; most had 5-10, while some had up to 50 channels. At 10 degrees C, the conductance of the channel was 9.8 pS. The mean current for sets of many identical pulses inactivated exponentially with a time...

1. Bupivacaine-induced cardiotoxicity increases in hypoxic and acidotic conditions. We have analysed the effects of R(+)bupivacaine on hKv1.5 channels stably expressed in Ltk(-) cells using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique, at three different extracellular pH (pH(o)), 6.5, 7.4 and 10.0. 2. Acidification of the pH(o) from 7.4 to 6.5 decreased 4 fold the potency of R(+)bupivacaine to block hK...

Human neurobalstoma cells, SH-SY5Y, are widely studied and data on their electrophysiological characteristics can be found in literature. We used this cell line to set up the whole cell patch-clamp technique, not yet available in our institute, with the goal to make it suitable both for our future scientific projects and for interdisciplinary studies with other research groups. Some instruments...