Transient potassium currents in slow muscle fibers. |
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Authors: | J G McLarnon |
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Abstract: | Transient changes in potassium conductance in chronically depolarized slow muscle fibers have been studied using a voltage clamp method. The transient behavior included current decays from initial to steady state for hyperpolarizing and depolarizing voltage clamp steps. A two-pulse voltage clamp sequence (conditioning step followed by test step) showed the initial potassium test current to depend sigmoidally on conditioning potential implicating the involvement of a membrane-bound charged group in regulating potassium current. |
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