Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Excitation of the Squid Axon Membrane in Isosmotic Potassium Chloride

  • Letter
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Abstract

THE interesting recent findings in the frog node of Ranvier of an ‘action potential’ in isosmotic potassium chloride by Müeller1, and of two stable states in 20–40 mM potassium chloride by Stämpfli2, raise the question as to whether or not similar phenomena are to be found in the squid axon membrane.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Müeller, P., J. Gen. Physiol., 42, 137 (1958).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Stämpfli, R., Helv. Physiol. Acta, 16, 127 (1958).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Segal, J. R., Nature, 182, 1370 (1958).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Franck, U., “Prog. in Biophys.”, 6, 172 (Academic Press, Inc., 1955).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Hodgkin, A. L., Huxley, A. F., and Katz, B., J. Physiol., 116, 424, Fig. 10 (1952).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Frankenhaeuser, B., and Hodgkin, A. L., J. Physiol., 131, 341 (1956).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Hodgkin, A. L., and Huxley, A. F., J. Physiol., 117, 500 (1952).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Dodge, F. A., and Frankenhaeuser, B., J. Physiol., 143, 76, Fig. 5 (1958).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Gaffey, C. T., and Mullins, L. J., Fed. Proc., 17, 50 (1958).

    Google Scholar 

  10. Fatt, P., and Ginsborg, B. L., J. Physiol., 142, 516 (1958).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

    JOHN W. MOORE

Authors
  1. JOHN W. MOORE
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

MOORE, J. Excitation of the Squid Axon Membrane in Isosmotic Potassium Chloride. Nature 183, 265–266 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183265b0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/183265b0

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation