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Re-evaluation of the Synaptic Activation of an Electrogenic Sodium Pump

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A hyperpolarizing synaptic potential observed in Aplysia neurones is shown to be the result of an increase in potassium permeability. A re-evaluation is made of the criteria used to implicate the activation of an electrogenic pump.

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  1. Department of Anatomy,

    JacSUE KEHOE

  2. Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge,

    P. ASCHER

  3. Visiting workers from Laboratorie de Neurophysiologie Cellulaire; Centre d'Etudes de Physiologie Nerveuse, CNRS, Paris

    JacSUE KEHOE & P. ASCHER

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KEHOE, J., ASCHER, P. Re-evaluation of the Synaptic Activation of an Electrogenic Sodium Pump. Nature 225, 820–823 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225820a0

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