ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE FROG SKELETAL MUSCLE MEMBRANE IN Cl-FREE SULPHATE-, FERROCYANIDE-, AND GLUTAMATERINGER'S SOLUTIONS

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Abstract
In Cl-free sulphate-, ferrocyanide- and glutamate-Ringer''s solution, frog skeletal muscle fibers showed two different distributions of the resting potentials, one of which had the peak at about -80mV and the other, about [long dash] 30 mV. The difference of the resting potentials in two groups were clear in K-free solution. The fiber with the low resting potential had a much higher membrane resistance than that of the fiber with the high resting potential. The low resting potential seemed to correspond to the plateau of the prolonged action potential at which both Na and K conductances were inactivated. In such condition the fiber showed the slow break response after cessation of the strong inward current pulse. The response may be caused by the increase of the K-conductance due to the hyperpolarization. Form of the response was varied depending on the membrane potential level. In K-rich Cl-free solution, the slow break response was also observed after termination of the inward current pulse. This response may be explained by the decrease of the K-conductance due to the hyperpolarization.