CONTROL OF EXTRACELLULAR POTASSIUM LEVELS BY RETINAL GLIAL-CELL K+ SIPHONING
CONTROL OF EXTRACELLULAR POTASSIUM LEVELS BY RETINAL GLIAL-CELL K+ SIPHONING
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DOI:
10.1126/science.6474173
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
ODETTE, LL
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作者:
NEWMAN, EA;FRAMBACH, DA;ODETTE, LL
Efflux of K+ from dissociated salamander Mueller cells was measured with ion-selective microelectrodes. When the distal end of an isolated cell was exposed to high concentrations of extracellular K+, efflux occurred primarily from the endfoot, a cell process previously shown to contain most of the K+ conductance of the cell membrane. Computer simulations of K+ dynamics in the retina indicate that shunting ions through the Mueller cell endfoot process is more effective in clearing local increases in extracellular K+ from the retina than is diffusion through extracellular space.