RESTING POTENTIALS RECORDED IN THE WHOLE-CELL CONFIGURATION FROM EPITHELIAL-CELLS OF HYDRA-VULGARIS

Authors
SANTILLO S TADDEIFERRETTI C NOBILE M
Citation
S. Santillo et al., RESTING POTENTIALS RECORDED IN THE WHOLE-CELL CONFIGURATION FROM EPITHELIAL-CELLS OF HYDRA-VULGARIS, Italian journal of zoology, 64(1), 1997, pp. 7-11
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Italian journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
11250003
Volume
64
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
7 - 11
Database
ISI
SICI code
1125-0003(1997)64:1<7:RPRITW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Gigaseals were obtained from enzymatically dissociated epithelial cell s of Hydra vulgaris, and resting potentials were recorded in the whole -cell configuration. These results were obtained in spite of hard diff iculties of applying patch-clamp techniques in the whole-cell configur ation to Hydra cells. These difficulties are principally inherent to t he fact that Hydra lives in a low ionic strength medium. It will be no w possible to apply patch-clamp techniques to the study of Hydra extra ocular photoreception.