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Although changes in extracellular K+ activity (aK) have long been suspected in mechanisms of function and dysfunction in the central nervous system (Dubner & Gerard, 1939; Grafstein, 1956; Kuffler, 1967), only recently has it become practicable to record them both directly and with precise localization (Hinke, 1961; Walker, 1971). We have used micro-electrodes containing a liquid ion-exchanger (Walker, 1971) to measure extracellular aK in the cerebral cortex, and also in regions of the spinal cord and the medulla which receive the terminals of somato-sensory nerve fibres (Krnjevic & Morris, 1972).
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Morris, M.E., Krnjević, K. (1974). Some Measurements of Extracellular Potassium Activity in the Mammalian Central Nervous System. In: Berman, H.J., Hebert, N.C. (eds) Ion-Selective Microelectrodes. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 50. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9023-1_10
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