In article <CDoFp4.5rv at ucdavis.edu> ez001932 at othello.ucdavis.edu (John M. Price) writes:
>>Perhaps you should look at the old literature covering spreading
>depression produced by the application of KCl to the exposed cortex. This
>seems mimic the response well. Essentially, due to the sudden change in
>membrane resting potential, K+ is supposed to be INSIDE the cell,
>the cells go dormant for a time, and this depression spreads as th bolus
>spreads through the cortex.
> Why does K+ cause this effect? It should cause depolarization,
right?
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