The ionic basis of membrane potentials and adaptation to hyposmotic stress in Perna perna, an osmoconforming mollusc

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-148

  Stucchi Zucchi, Arlete ^a   C Salomão, Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Action potential; Adaptation; Osmoconformer; Osmotic stress; Perna perna; Resting potential

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; SALINITY; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 0031672382     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10115-0     Document Type: Article

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