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. 1999 Oct 1;520(Pt 1):217–230. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00217.x

Table 1.

Alterations in the voltage dependence of SR permeability and intramembrane charge movement induced by 3 mm perchlorate or 1 mm caffeine

SR permeability

Peak Steady level Intramembrane charge



Pmax(% ms−1) V′(mV) k(mV) Pmax(% ms−1) V′(mV) k(mV) Qmax(nC μF−1) V′(mV) k(mV)
Reference 1.36 ± 0.11 −4.6 ± 2.2 8.6 ± 0.8 0.50 ± 0.06 −9.0 ± 1.3 7.7 ± 0.5 25.0 ± 0.9 −8.1 ± 2.2 15.5 ± 1.1
Perchlorate 1.96 ± 0.21* −13.3 ± 1.4* 10.2 ± 0.9 0.72 ± 0.06* −14.6 ± 1.7* 9.7 ± 1.1 23.3 ± 1.1 −14.9 ± 2.7* 14.5 ± 1.5
Reference 1.38 ± 0.05 −17.2 ± 1.6 7.5 ± 0.2 0.49 ± 0.03 −17.3 ± 1.6 7.5 ± 0.4 22.8 ± 1.4 −24.1 ± 2.5 13.3 ± 1.1
Caffeine 1.58 ± 0.09* −22.5 ± 1.8* 7.8 ± 0.2 0.51 ± 0.02 −21.6 ± 1.8* 8.7 ± 0.6 24.0 ± 1.7 −25.2 ± 2.1 12.9 ± 0.6

Equation (1) was fitted to values from each individual fibre and the parameters obtained were then averaged. The number of fibres was 8 and 10 for perchlorate and caffeine, respectively.

*

Significantly different from reference.