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In a variety of receptor systems electrogenic transport of ions, especially of sodium, is considered to be one of the elementary processes involved in the response of sensory units to stimulation (1, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13). In this context Biscoe (2) discussed an electrogenic sodium pump to be taken into account also in the function of carotid body chemoreceptors. In most of the electrophysiological investigations, however, it has not been determined directly whether the concerned ion pumps in fact excrete sodium in excess of potassium. Therefore, the question arises if the indirect methods usually employed in electrophysiology are really sufficient to give evidence of the electrogenesis of the ion transports. The aim of the present investigation was to examine this problem.
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Zidek, W., Speckmann, EJ., Caspers, H., Lehmenkühler, A. (1977). Are the Conventional Electrophysiological Criteria Sufficient to Give Evidence of an Electrogenic Sodium Transport Across Neuronal Membranes?. In: Acker, H., Fidone, S., Pallot, D., Eyzaguirre, C., Lübbers, D.W., Torrance, R.W. (eds) Chemoreception in the Carotid Body. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66755-8_12
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