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. 1973 Nov;235(1):197–205. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1973.sp010384

Temperature dependence of the ionic current kinetics of Myxicola giant axons

C L Schauf
PMCID: PMC1350739  PMID: 4778136

Abstract

1. The temperature dependence of the sodium and potassium conductances of Myxicola giant axons was studied in the range of 1-18° C.

2. Analysis of voltage clamp records for step depolarizations of 20-150 mV yielded Q10's for ḡNa, ḡK, and g1 of 1·3-1·5. The steady-state parameters m∞ (v), n∞ (v) were independent of temperature. The time constants had Q10's of: 2·64 ± 0·2 for τm; 2·56 ± 0·2 for τh; 3·02 ± 0·3 for τn.

3. τh determined from the effects of prepulse duration rather than the decline in sodium current during a step depolarization had a Q10 of 2·47 ± 0·2.

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