1986
Mammalian optic nerve fibers display two pharmacologically distinct potassium channels
Kocsis J, Gordon T, Waxman S. Mammalian optic nerve fibers display two pharmacologically distinct potassium channels. Brain Research 1986, 383: 357-361. PMID: 2429732, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(86)90040-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptic nerve fibersNerve fibersDistinct potassium channelsPotassium channelsRat optic nerve fibersNerve action potentialsAction potential characteristicsAction potential repolarizationTEA-sensitive channelsIntracellular hyperpolarizationAction potentialsPotential repolarizationSuction electrodeTetraethylammoniumPotential characteristicsRepolarizationPositivity
1983
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF CONDUCTION IN MAMMALIAN REGENERATING NERVES11This work was supported in part by the Veterans Administration and by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Kocsis J, Waxman S. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF CONDUCTION IN MAMMALIAN REGENERATING NERVES11This work was supported in part by the Veterans Administration and by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 1983, 89-107. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-635120-0.50010-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyelinated axonsAction potentialsNational Multiple Sclerosis SocietyMultiple Sclerosis SocietyIntra-axonal recordingsEarly regenerating fibersNormal myelinated axonsRegenerating fibersPharmacological blockageBurst activityPotassium conductanceAxonsVeterans AdministrationNational InstituteRegenerated fibersRepolarizationFunctional organizationIonic channelsRatsAdministrationMyelin
1980
Absence of potassium conductance in central myelinated axons
Kocsis J, Waxman S. Absence of potassium conductance in central myelinated axons. Nature 1980, 287: 348-349. PMID: 7421994, DOI: 10.1038/287348a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral myelinated axonsMyelinated axonsAction potentialsPotassium conductanceDorsal column axonsVoltage-clamp experimentsLate outward currentOutward currentsAxonsSodium ion permeabilityLate increaseDepolarization phasePotassium permeabilityAxonal membraneRepolarizationMyelinInitial increaseVoltage-dependent changesSodium inactivationDemyelinationPrevious studies