Sodium and calcium action potentials in human anterior pituitary cells
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 36 (10), 1235-1236
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01976149
Abstract
Human anterior pituitary cells derived from a somatotropin-secreting adenoma were capable of generating action potentials with Ca2+ and tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na+ components. A major fraction of the action current was carried by Na ions.Keywords
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