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Electrically-induced mechanical activity of the isolated guinea-pig sciatic nerve. Influences of calcium and anoxia

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The electrically induced motility of isolated segments of guinea-pig sciatic nerves is reported. This motility was characterized by waves of tensional variations. The removal of Ca2+ from the suspending solution, the addition of EDTA as well as anoxia, resulted in a decrement of tension accompanied by a prolongued duration of the cycles of mechanical activity.

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  1. Maria C. da Silva (Exchange scholarship fellow)

    Present address: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas de la República Argentina, Argentina

  2. M. F. Gimeno & A. L. Gimeno

    Present address: the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas de la República Argentina (C.O.N.I.C.E.T.), Argentina

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  1. Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y de Principios Naturales, Obligado 2490, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Maria C. da Silva (Exchange scholarship fellow), M. F. Gimeno & A. L. Gimeno

  2. Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas do Brasil, Brasil

    Maria C. da Silva (Exchange scholarship fellow), M. F. Gimeno & A. L. Gimeno

  3. Maternidade Climerio de Oliveira, Universidade Federal da Bahia, San Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

    Maria C. da Silva (Exchange scholarship fellow), M. F. Gimeno & A. L. Gimeno

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This work was supported by grant 6638, from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas de la República Argentina (C.O.N.I.C.E.T.).

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da Silva, M.C., Gimeno, M.F. & Gimeno, A.L. Electrically-induced mechanical activity of the isolated guinea-pig sciatic nerve. Influences of calcium and anoxia. Experientia 33, 481–483 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922223

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