title: [The role of fast and slow potassium currents in electrical activity of amphibian myelinated nerve fibres].
abstract: The paper reviews the information about the role of fast and slow potassium currents in electrical activity of amphibian myelinated nerve fibres. It demonstrates the importance of discovering of fast and slow potassium currents and their following pharmacological separation (by potassium channels blockers 4-aminopyridine and tetraethylammonium) in investigation of mechanisms of biological potentials generation. The information about the existence of fast and slow potassium channels in the nerve membrane and about the properties of 4-aminopyridine and tetraethylammonium action served as a base for determination the nature of biological potentials and discovering the mechanism of potential-dependent action of 4-aminopyridine that for tens of years suffered from the lack of adequate explanation.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Evstigneev
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Glukhova
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Kuznetsova
mesh_terms: D015761:4-Aminopyridine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000663:Amphibians / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D049832:Decapodiformes / Q000502:physiology; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena; D008839:Microelectrodes; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D055366:Synaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds; D015761:4-Aminopyridine; D011188:Potassium