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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5-6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
The vaseline gap voltage clamp technique was used to study slow and fast calcium currents in phasic and tonic muscle fibres of the frogs Rana temporaria (R.t.) and Xenopus laevis (X.l.). At physiological Ca2+ and Na+ concentrations three inward currents could be recorded in R.t. twitch muscle fibres: a fast Ca current, a slow Ca current, and a non-specific (INS) current carried by Na ions. The last current appeared as a sole component at a low threshold membrane potential (MP -55 mV) and was present until the slow Ca current appeared. In tonic R.t. muscle and twitch X. laevis fibres only the fast and the slow Ca currents could be recorded; however the inactivation of the slow Ca current was very prolonged in the presence of Na ions. A modulatory effect of Na ions on Ca2+ currents was observed. In phasic fibres the fast Ca currents inactivated either very slowly or rapidly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0232-766X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S345-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Calcium channels in skeletal muscle fibres of the frog.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre of Physiological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro