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Science 25 July 1986:
Vol. 233. no. 4762, pp. 453 - 454
DOI: 10.1126/science.3726539
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Science, Vol 233, Issue 4762, 453-454
Copyright © 1986 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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High potassium conductance in astrocyte endfeet

EA Newman

The distribution of potassium conductance over the surface of freshly dissociated salamander astrocytes was determined by monitoring cell depolarizations evoked by focal increases in the extracellular potassium concentration. The specific potassium conductance of the endfoot processes of these cells was approximately tenfold higher than the conductance of other cell regions. This dramatically nonuniform conductance distribution may play an important role in the regulation of extracellular potassium levels by glia in the brain.


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