Ionic Relations of Cells of Chara Australis VIII. Membrane Currents During a Voltage Clamp

GP Findlay

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 17(2) 388 - 399
Published: 1964

Abstract

Experiments are described in which "voltage clamps" were applied to the "membrane" of O. australis cells comprising tonoplast and plasmalemma and also to the plasmalemma alone. The voltage-clamp system maintained the membrane potential at a predetermined level, and enabled a detailed analysis to be made of the transient electrical phenomena occurring during the action potential. A scarming technique is also described, by means of which the membrane currentpotential characteristics could be determined at any particular time during the transient activity of the membrane.

Full text doi:10.1071/BI9640388

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