Ag(+)-induced inward current on frog skeletal muscle.
Ag+ caused an inward current on voltage-clamped skeletal muscle. The current was carried by Ca2+, Mg2+, and Na+, and was blocked by Cd2+ or Ni2+ but not by nifedipine or D600. Channel gating is supposed to be modified by Ag+.
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Dept. Food & Nutr. Sci., Gifu City Women's Coll., Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011892:Rana catesbeiana; D011898:Ranidae; D012834:Silver / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000502:physiology
D015220:Calcium Channels; D015222:Sodium Channels; D012834:Silver