Science, Vol 220, Issue 4600, 953-954
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Colchicine alters the nerve birefringence response
D Landowne,
JB Larsen,
and
KT Taylor
The internal perfusion of squid axons with colchicine reversibly and selectively reduces the transient sodium current and the birefringence response to a brief depolarizing voltage pulse.