title: Sucrose gap longevity is markedly improved by addition of lanthanum to the sucrose.
abstract: The addition of low concentrations of lanthanum to the sucrose in the double sucrose gap technique for the study of giant axons significantly prolongs longevity and decreases drift.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D007811:Lanthanum; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008722:Methods; D008121:Nephropidae; D013395:Sucrose
chemical_list: D013395:Sucrose; D007811:Lanthanum