Intracellular sodium activity and the sodium pump in snail neurones

1. Recessed‐tip Na+‐sensitive micro‐electrodes were used to measure [Na+]i continuously in snail neurones for experiments lasting up to several hours. The average resting [Na+]i in twenty‐two cells was 3·6 m M.

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