Intracellular potentials - Cornell University
Transcript of Intracellular potentials - Cornell University
Intracellular potentials!
Extracellular! Intracellular!
Intracellular microelectrotrode!
Replacing air with KCl in electrodes!
Intracellular microelectrotrode!
0.1 micron!
Electrode resistance (10 to 30 Mohms)!
RC response of electrode to current injection!
Time constant?!
Electrode capacitance!
AgCl! Ag+ + Cl-!
Ag!
+e-! -e-!Conduction in metal!
Conduction in saline solution!
DC charge transfer on electrode wire!
Extracellular!
capacitative charge transfer!
Intracellular!
direct charge transfer!
Very low solubility!
Current injection into cells!
What do these have in common?!
! “rubbing salt in a wound”!
! Lethal injection cocktail!
! Dr. Kevorkian’s suicide machine!
! Hyperkalemia!
! Hypokalemia!
Resting Potential!
O mV!
Membrane ion distributions!
Ionic basis of the resting potential!
Unequal distribution of ion species across membrane!
Selective permeability of ion species through membrane!
Loss of K??- Q = CV 10-5 M K for -58 mV!
Donnan Equilibrium!
Squid giant axon- a model prep!
40,000 APs can fire!!
At Rest: INa = IK?!
! IK = gK (Vm-EK) INa = gNa (Vm-ENa)!
gK (Vm-EK) = gNa (Vm-ENa) !
Other contributions to RP?!
Changes in “ RP” by changing ionic conductances!