The action of magnetic field on the sodium transport across the cell membrane.
In the frog skin Na+ transport has been studied using 24Na+ and the short circuit technique, with or without a 650 gauss steady magnetic field. The magnetic field reduced the influx of sodium by 10-30%. In short circuit experiments the current appeared to be altered within 1 second of increasing the field. Such effect seems to be due to a block in active transport of sodium since the addition of 3 mM ouabain to the inside solution prevented the change.
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Istituto di Fisiologia Umana e Generale, Universita di Milano, Milano, Italy.
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D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D016764:Cell Polarity; D017136:Ion Transport; D008280:Magnetics; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011893:Rana esculenta / Q000378:metabolism; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012979:Sodium Radioisotopes
D012979:Sodium Radioisotopes; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D012964:Sodium