Rapid effect of sodium cyanide and dinitrophenol on mammalian nerve.
Strips of rat nerve from dorsal roots were immersed in solutions containing sodium cyanide and alpha-dinitrophenol. The inhibitors extinguish the action potential of such strips within minutes. The rapid action on mammalian nerve is contrasted with the slow effect of inhibitors on amphibian and invertebrate nerve.
D000818:Animals; D003486:Cyanides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004140:Dinitrophenols; D008322:Mammals; D009420:Nervous System; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D012966:Sodium Cyanide
D003486:Cyanides; D004140:Dinitrophenols; D009596:Nitrophenols; D012966:Sodium Cyanide
CYANIDES/pharmacology; NITROPHENOLS/pharmacology