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Slow inward currents are here reported in frog skeletal muscle. The currents are turned on by depolarising the membrane beyound about −45 mV, and are blocked by replacement of Ca2+ by Mg2+ and in the presence of Ca2+ by Co2+ at 20mM.
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Stanfield, P.R. A calcium dependent inward current in frog skeletal muscle fibres. Pflugers Arch. 368, 267–270 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00585206
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