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Transport of electrolytes in muscle

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The muscle fiber stands alongside the red blood cell and the giant axon as one of the three classical cell types that have had major application in investigating ion transport processes in cell membranes. Of these three cell types, the muscle fiber was the first to provide definite evidence for a sodium pump. The ability of the sodium pump to produce an electrical potential difference across the cell membrane was also first demonstrated in muscle fibers. This important property of the sodium pump is now known to have physiological significance in many other types of cells.

In this review, electrolyte transport investigations in skeletal muscle are traced from their inception to the current state of the field. Applications of major research techniques are discussed and key results are summarized. An overview of electrolyte transport in muscle, this article emphasizes relationships between the muscle fiber membrane potential and ionic transport processes.

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Sjodin, R.A. Transport of electrolytes in muscle. J. Membrain Biol. 68, 161–178 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01872262

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