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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2009

Determining k channel activation curves from k channel currents often requires the goldman-hodgkin-katz equation.

John R Clay

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

John R ClayIon Channel Biophysics Group, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · US

Funding

Modulation of neuronal excitabilityZIANS002608 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI CLAY, JOHN · 2009 to 2014
$2.2M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Potassium ion current in nerve membrane, I(K), has traditionally been described by I(K) = g(K)(V - E(K)), where g(K) is the K ion conductance, V is membrane potential and E(K) is the K(+) Nernst potential. This description has been unchallenged by most investigators in neuroscience since its introduction almost 60 years ago. The problem with the I(K) approximately (V - E(K)) proportionality is that it is inconsistent with the unequal distribution of K ions in the intra- and extracellular bathing media. Under physiological conditions the intracellular K(+) concentration is significantly higher than the extracellular concentration. Consequently, the slope conductance at potentials positive to E(K) cannot be the same as that for potentials negative to E(K), as the linear proportionality between I(K) and (V - E(K)) requires. Instead I(K) has a non-linear dependence on (V - E(K)) which is well described by the Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz equation. The implications of this result for K(+) channel gating and membrane excitability are reviewed in this report.

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channel gatingion permeationmembrane excitability

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PMID20057933
PMCPMC2802550
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