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- noun anatomy A
modified striated muscle that does notcontract , but produceselectric signals ; the component of theelectric organ in somefish .
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A medullary pacemaker nucleus controls the electrocyte APs via spinal electromotor neurons which innervate the electrocytes.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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There are two potassium currents in the electrocyte: a non-inactivating delayed rectifier IK
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We found that changes in electrocyte AP amplitude underlie the diurnal enhancements of EOD amplitude seen in vivo, and that the melanocortin peptide ACTH increases EOD amplitude in vivo and electrocyte AP amplitude in vitro.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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After exposure to saturating concentrations of ATX-II, electrocyte INa inactivated with a single slower time-constant (τ slow) (Figure 10).
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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S. macrurus stands to conserve more energy through reductions in EOD amplitude during periods of inactivity than is expended by the constitutive cycling of channels in the electrocyte.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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These values likely represent the lower limit of increased Na + movement and energy demand by the electrocyte-trials with larger Increased Na+ influx during the enhanced electrocyte AP.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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Our most important results show that ACTH activates the cAMP/PKA pathway within the electrocyte to up-regulate two distinct ionic currents, a Na Mechanisms controlling ion channel trafficking in S. macrurus
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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(A) Representative family of electrocyte potassium currents recorded with INa blocked by 1 µM TTX.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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Because EOD pulse characteristics are shaped directly by the electrocyte APs Electrocyte AP amplitude is higher at night.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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The scientists began with the question of whether an artificial version of the electrocyte - the energy-generating cells in electric eels - could be designed as a potential power source.
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