Succinylcholine and Muscle Excitability
Abstract
Succinylcholine lowers the resting membrane potential taken with microelectrodes similarly in nerve-scarce and innervated portions of frog sartorius muscle. Twitches to electrical excitation of the nerve-scarce pelvic end of the muscle are also rapidly reduced. The results indicate that succinylcholine probably acts generally on the muscle membrance to diminish excitability.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- June 1960
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.131.3414.1679
- Bibcode:
- 1960Sci...131.1679O