Pancreatic A cell generates action potential.
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Physiological Society of Japan in The Japanese Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 32 (5) , 873-878
- https://doi.org/10.2170/jjphysiol.32.873
Abstract
Intracellular membrane potential recording was attempted with [rat] pancreatic endocrine cells in monolayer culture. Morphologically identified A cells produced spike action potentials in response to injected electric current. The action potential was also evoked in the Na-free medium. Pancreatic A cells are electrically excitable and probably generate Ca spike.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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