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Document Type

Research

Keywords

Mollusca, Amblema peruviana, clam heart, clam heart action potential, cardiac physiology, cardiac pharmacology

Abstract

Physiologic Studies on the Heart of Amblema peruviana. The heart of the freshwater clam, Amblema peruviana was found to be relatively insensitive to changes in ionic concentrations, and could function in extremely dilute ionic environments. Pharmacologic studies showed a bimodal acetylcholine response, with inhibition at lower concentrations, and excitation at higher concentrations. CI- ion was found to potentiate the depressor acetylcholine response. The resting membrane potential was found to be more negative than that found in comparable marine species.

Publication Date

June 1978

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

85

Issue

2

First Page

70

Last Page

73

Copyright

©1978 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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