Abstract
Incubation of rat adenohypophyses in potassium ion of sufficient concentration to provoke the release of several of the adenohypophysial trophic hormones produces a reversed, positive transmembrane potential in more than half the cells. This finding is consistent with a process of "stimulus-secretion coupling" in which hypothalamic releasing factors act by selective depolarization of their "target" cells. The positive potentials may be due to a prolonged preferential permeability to calcium ions triggered by an initial depolarization of the cell membrane to a threshold value by increased external potassium ion.
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Created | 18 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 8:56 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 2024, 10:42 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 2024, 7:04 p.m.) |
Issued | 55 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 1970) |
Published | 55 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 1970) |
Published Print | 55 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 1970) |
@article{Milligan_1970, title={Adenohypophysial Transmembrane Potentials: Polarity Reversal by Elevated External Potassium Ion Concentration}, volume={167}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.167.3915.182}, DOI={10.1126/science.167.3915.182}, number={3915}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Milligan, J. V. and Kraicer, Jacob}, year={1970}, month=jan, pages={182–184} }