Regional distribution of the Na+ and K+ currents around the crystalline lens of rabbit

• Published in: American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology Vol. 282; no. 2; pp. C252 - C262
• Main Authors: Candia, Oscar A, Zamudio, Aldo C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2002
• Subjects: Animals; Electric Conductivity; Electric Impedance; In Vitro Techniques; Lens, Crystalline - metabolism; Lens, Crystalline - physiology; Models, Biological; Potassium - metabolism; Potassium - physiology; Rabbits; Sodium - metabolism; Sodium - physiology; Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase - metabolism; Tissue Distribution

Departments of 1  Ophthalmology and 2  Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029-6574 Early studies described asymmetrical electrical properties across the ocular lens in the anterior-to-posterior direction. More recent results obtained with a vibrating prob...