Membrane Conductance and Action Potential of a Regenerating Axonal Tip
- 13 February 1981
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 211 (4483), 709-712
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7455707
Abstract
The electrical membrane properties of axotomized and regenerating giant axons from the nerve cord of the cockroach Periplaneta americana were studied. Immediately after axotomy there was a decrease in resting potential, input resistance, and action potential amplitude near the cut end. This decrease was followed by the disappearance of the sodium-dependent action potential; an increase in the resting membrane conductance to K+, Na+, and Ca2+; and the appearance of a calcium-dependent action potential.Keywords
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