Voltage-activated calcium currents in identified neurons from a hydrozoan jellyfish, Polyorchis penicillatus. Przysiezniak, J. & Spencer, A. N. Journal of Neuroscience, 12(6):2065–2078, June, 1992.
Voltage-activated calcium currents in identified neurons from a hydrozoan jellyfish, Polyorchis penicillatus [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
Calcium currents were studied in isolated "swim motor neurons" from the jellyfish Polyorchis penicillatus, using the tight-seal, whole-cell, voltage-clamp technique. Two high-voltage-activated (HVA) currents were observed. The transient current, HVA-t, activated rapidly (time to peak, 4 msec), inactivated with two time constants (26 msec, 187 msec) in a positive voltage range (V(i) = -23 mV), and was larger when carried by calcium than by barium ions. The sustained current, HVA-s, inactivated slowly or not at all, even at very positive voltages and had the same amplitude whether carried by Ca2+ or Ba2+. It is likely that the two HVA current components arise from distinct channel populations, because the ionic selectivity of calcium channels is not known to depend on their inactivation kinetics. A third current appeared to activate at very positive voltages, and at a slower rate than did HVA-t. It is likely to be an artifact of inhomogeneous space clamping. A low-voltage-activated, cadmium-insensitive calcium current may also be present. Calcium currents in this primitive, multicellular animal have properties similar to calcium currents in other phyla; however, they do not fit neatly into the "T, N, L" classification scheme of vertebrate calcium currents.
@article{przysiezniak_voltage-activated_1992,
	title = {Voltage-activated calcium currents in identified neurons from a hydrozoan jellyfish, {Polyorchis} penicillatus},
	volume = {12},
	shorttitle = {Voltage-{Activated} {Calcium} {Currents} in {Identified} {Neurons} from a {Hydrozoan} {Jellyfish}, {Polyorchis}-{Penicillatus}},
	url = {http://www.jneurosci.org/content/12/6/2065.short},
	abstract = {Calcium currents were studied in isolated "swim motor neurons" from the jellyfish Polyorchis penicillatus, using the tight-seal, whole-cell, voltage-clamp technique. Two high-voltage-activated (HVA) currents were observed. The transient current, HVA-t, activated rapidly (time to peak, 4 msec), inactivated with two time constants (26 msec, 187 msec) in a positive voltage range (V(i) = -23 mV), and was larger when carried by calcium than by barium ions. The sustained current, HVA-s, inactivated slowly or not at all, even at very positive voltages and had the same amplitude whether carried by Ca2+ or Ba2+. It is likely that the two HVA current components arise from distinct channel populations, because the ionic selectivity of calcium channels is not known to depend on their inactivation kinetics. A third current appeared to activate at very positive voltages, and at a slower rate than did HVA-t. It is likely to be an artifact of inhomogeneous space clamping. A low-voltage-activated, cadmium-insensitive calcium current may also be present. Calcium currents in this primitive, multicellular animal have properties similar to calcium currents in other phyla; however, they do not fit neatly into the "T, N, L" classification scheme of vertebrate calcium currents.},
	number = {6},
	journal = {Journal of Neuroscience},
	author = {Przysiezniak, J. and Spencer, A. N.},
	month = jun,
	year = {1992},
	keywords = {Polyorchis penicillatus},
	pages = {2065--2078},
}

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