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RESTORATION OF THE POTASSIUM EFFECT BY MEANS OF ACTION CURRENTS |
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| Authors: | W J V Osterhout S E Hill |
| Institution: | From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research |
| Abstract: | Treatment with distilled water removes from Nitella the ability to give the large potential difference between 0.01 M KCl and 0.01 M NaCl which is known as the potassium effect. The potassium effect may be restored by action currents. This might be explained by saying that distilled water removes from the surface a substance, R, which is responsible for the potassium effect and which moves into the surface during the action current and thereby restores the potassium effect. |
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