Huddart, H. and Nelson, I. D. and Brooks, D. D. and Hill, R. B. (1992) Electrical and mechanical responses of the odontophore protractor muscle of Busycon canaliculatum: a sucrose-gap voltage clamp study. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, 102 (1). pp. 149-158. ISSN 1532-0456
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Busycon odontophore protractor muscles were examined by conventional force recording and by the single and double sucrose-gap voltage clamp technique. The mean compound resting membrane potential was -61.3 mV and the muscles showed considerable mechanical summation in response to direct electrical stimulation. 2. Responses to high K+ salines consisted of a maintained dose-dependent depolarization upon which were superimposed spike-like action potentials of 3-9 mV each of which generated a fast twitch contraction