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Internal Potassium and Chloride Activities and the Effects of Acetylcholine on Identifiable Aplysia Neurones

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It has been suggested that some inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in the abdominal ganglion cells of Aplysia may reflect activation of the sodium pump by acetylcholine. Measurement of electrolyte activity, however, shows that the effect probably arises from changes in membrane permeability to potassium.

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    DIANA L. KUNZE & A. M. BROWN

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KUNZE, D., BROWN, A. Internal Potassium and Chloride Activities and the Effects of Acetylcholine on Identifiable Aplysia Neurones. Nature New Biology 229, 229–231 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio229229a0

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