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. 1959 Mar 20;42(4):793-802.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.42.4.793.

Anesthetic and calcium action in the voltage-clamped squid giant axon

A M SHANES, W H FREYGANG, H GRUNDFEST, E AMATNIEK

Anesthetic and calcium action in the voltage-clamped squid giant axon

A M SHANES et al. J Gen Physiol. .

Abstract

Changes in spike configuration and in the inward and outward currents of voltage-clamped axons agree in indicating that the increases in permeability to sodium and potassium ions during activity are depressed by procaine and cocaine and augmented by calcium. At low levels of depolarization, the effect of the multivalent ion is similar to that of the local anesthetics, in keeping with their similar effects on the threshold of excitability. The reduction of membrane conductance at rest requires a higher concentration of the drugs than that needed to affect the increase in permeability with activity.

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