Biophysical Journal 36: 297-302 (1981)
© 1981 the Biophysical Society

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Time dependence of the calcium-activated potassium current.

ABSTRACT

We investigated the dependence of the kinetics of the Ca2+-activated K+ current of the molluscan neuron soma upon membrane potential. The K+ current was activated by intracellular Ca2+ ion injection in neurons with blocked inward Na+ and Ca2+ currents. The difference between currents was measured with brief pulses (less than 100 ms) before and immediately after Ca2+ injection and was used as the Ca2+ activated K+ current at difference membrane potentials. The results in normal (10 mM) and in high (200 nM) external K+ show that the time-course of the Ca2+-activated K+ current depends upon membrane voltage and that the current activates more rapidly with membrane depolarization.