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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-8-7
pubmed:abstractText
The lamprey spinal cord in vitro can generate the motor pattern underlying locomotion, which can be recorded with suction electrodes in the ventral roots. To test if the extracellular level of potassium changed during rhythmic activity, potassium-sensitive microelectrodes were used to systematically (every 25 micrometers) explore the level of extracellular potassium [K+]e in different loci in the transverse plane of the spinal cord. During fictive locomotion the baseline level of [K+] increased with 0.08-0.4 mM in the grey matter. As a rule phasic variations of up to 0.2 mM, correlated to each ventral root burst, were superimposed on the tonic deviation of [K+]e. Changes in this range may cause a moderate depolarization of the spinal neurones and might also affect other neuronal functions including the rhythm-generating circuits.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0001-6772
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
120
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
457-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Phasic variations of extracellular potassium during fictive swimming in the lamprey spinal cord in vitro.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't