title: Membrane currents in lizard motor nerve terminals and nodes of Ranvier.
abstract: Presynaptic membrane currents were recorded by external electrodes and nodal membrane currents were obtained by the voltage clamp technique in motor nerve endings and nodes of Ranvier of the lizard Anolis carolinensis. Although of compact shape, lizard motor endings display relatively long terminal branches; they exhibit, in agreement with previous findings in mouse and frog motor terminals, Na, Ca and K conductances, the latter consisting of a voltage- and a Ca-dependent type. Lizard nodes of Ranvier, like those of the frog, but unlike those of the mouse, exhibit a K conductance. These observations provide an explanation for the differences and similarities in presynaptic wave form configuration between the lizard and the other two species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, C.N.R.S., Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Angaut-Petit
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benoit
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mallart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D008116:Lizards / Q000502:physiology*; D009045:Motor Endplate / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000502:physiology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011901:Ranvier's Nodes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium