A bistable membrane potential at low extracellular potassium concentration

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-21

  Van Mil, Harald ^a,b   Van Heukelom, Jan Siegenbeek ^b   Bier, Martin ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochemical balance; Inward potassium rectifier; Low extracellular potassium; Membrane potential; K+ and Na+ transport

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

EID: 0141851022     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(03)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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