THE GLABROUS EPIDERMIS OF CAVIES CONTAINS A POWERFUL BATTERY
THE GLABROUS EPIDERMIS OF CAVIES CONTAINS A POWERFUL BATTERY
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpregu.1982.242.3.r358
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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通讯作者:
VANABLE, JW
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BARKER, AT;JAFFE, LF;VANABLE, JW
Voltages across various glabrous (and gland-free) regions of cavy skin range from 30-100 mV, inside positive; across hairy ones, 0-10 mV. [Hairy areas also tend to maintain lower transcutaneous voltages in man.] When an incision is made through the glabrous epidermis of the cavy, a microampere flows through each millimeter of the cut''s edge. These wound currents generate lateral, intraepidermal voltage gradients or fields of .apprx. 100-200 mV/mm near the cut; fields which decline with distance from the cut with a space constant of 0.3-0.4 mm. The epidermis near a cut drives up to 300 .mu.A/cm2 across itself; these currents and potentials can be grossly, rapidly and (to some extent) reversibly reduced by amiloride. The hair and gland-free skin of cavies has a battery comparable in power and character to that of frogs; this mammalian battery may primarily subserve epidermal wound healing rather than salt uptake.