Table 1. Parameters for node of Ranvier with pump.
Membrane capacitance | C = 1 µF/cm2 |
Maximal Na+conductance | = 120 mS/cm2 |
Maximal K+ conductance | = 36 mS/cm2 |
Faraday constant | F = 96485.3399 |
Temperature | T = 293.15 K |
Volume of inside compartment | Voli = 10−15 m3 |
Volume of outside compartment | Volo = 10−15 m3 |
Surface area | A = 6×10−8 cm2 |
K+ pump leak conductance | = 0.1 mS/cm2 |
Na+ pump leak conductance | = 0.2 mS/cm2 |
Leak conductance | = 0.5 mS/cm2 |
Leak reversal potential | = −59.9 mV |
Maximum pump current range used | = 15 to 156 µA/cm2 |
(standard value, except as noted) | = 95 µA/cm2 |
Pump K+-dissociation constant | = 3.5 mM |
Pump Na+-dissociation constant | = 10 mM |