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Science 15 June 1984:
Vol. 224. no. 4654, pp. 1254 - 1257
DOI: 10.1126/science.6328653
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Science, Vol 224, Issue 4654, 1254-1257
Copyright © 1984 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Ca2+-dependent protein kinase injection in a photoreceptor mimics biophysical effects of associative learning

J Acosta-Urquidi, DL Alkon, and JT Neary

Iontophoretic injection of phosphorylase kinase, a Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, increased input resistance, enhanced the long-lasting depolarization component of the light response, and reduced the early transient outward K+ current, IA, and the late K+ currents, IB, in type B photoreceptors of Hermissenda crassicornis in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Since behavioral and biophysical studies have shown that similar membrane changes persist after associative conditioning, these results suggest that Ca2+-dependent protein phosphorylation could mediate the long-term modulation of specific K+ channels as a step in the generation of a coditioned behavioral change.


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