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Tetrodotoxin and Cobalt Blockade of Neuroblastoma Action Potentials

Nature New Biology volume 246, pages 124–126 (1973)Cite this article

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THE mouse C-13000 neuroblastoma is a continuous line of cells having many neuronal properties including electrical excitability1, 2. We have studied the ionic mechanisms that underlie the electrical excitability of neuroblastoma cells and found that the inward currents during the action potential are carried by both sodium and calcium ions.

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  1. Biochemistry Department, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

    ILAN SPECTOR, YOSEF KIMHI & PHILLIP G. NELSON

  2. Behavior Biology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014

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SPECTOR, I., KIMHI, Y. & NELSON, P. Tetrodotoxin and Cobalt Blockade of Neuroblastoma Action Potentials. Nature New Biology 246, 124–126 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio246124a0

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