Corbin Renken
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2020
Specialization for rapid excitation in fast squid tentacle muscle involves action potentials absent in slow arm muscle
Gilly WF, Renken C, Rosenthal JJC, Kier WM. Specialization for rapid excitation in fast squid tentacle muscle involves action potentials absent in slow arm muscle. Journal Of Experimental Biology 2020, 223: jeb218081. PMID: 31900349, DOI: 10.1242/jeb.218081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAction potentialsMuscle fibersConventional whole-cell patch recordingWhole-cell patch recordingsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsSodium channel mRNACross-striated muscle fibersVoltage-dependent sodium channelsTentacle musclesTwitch-tetanus ratioMuscle fiber typesTransverse muscle fibersPostsynaptic potentialsPatch recordingsSpaced action potentialsArm musclesChannel mRNAFast muscle fiber typesHigh shortening velocitiesSodium channelsShortening velocityProminent expressionRapid excitationUndetectable expressionMuscle
2018
Effects of salinity on the growth and morphology of the invasive, euryhaline hydroid Cordylophora (Phylum Cnidaria, Class Hydrozoa)
Folino‐Rorem N, Renken C. Effects of salinity on the growth and morphology of the invasive, euryhaline hydroid Cordylophora (Phylum Cnidaria, Class Hydrozoa). Invertebrate Biology 2018, 137: 78-90. DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFreshwater genotypesFreshwater cladeMultiple cryptic speciesFreshwaterColony growthRange of distributionCryptic speciesNew habitatsColonial cnidariansEffect of salinityWater habitatsOsmotic stressSingle genotypeMorphological changesSuccessful establishmentCellular levelSpCladeHigh salinityHabitatsDifferent salinitiesHydroidsSalinityLow salinityGenotypes