An electrophysiological method for measuring the potassium permeability of the nerve perineurium

Brain Research
N J AbbottI C Smith

Abstract

An electrophysiological method is described for measuring the potassium permeability (PK) of the perineurium of the sciatic nerve of the frog. The method is based on the principle of grease-gap recording, in which an insulating compartment separates two surface recording electrodes. The sciatic nerves of frogs Rana temporaria and R. pipiens were isolated and mounted across a five compartment chamber, with Vaseline grease seals on the partitions between compartments. Compartments #1, #2 and #5 contained frog Ringer solution, #4 was filled with Vaseline and formed the grease gap, and #3 was the test compartment in which solutions could be changed. The nerve was stimulated via platinum electrodes in compartments #1 and #2, and DC potentials and compound action potentials (CAP) were recorded between Ag/AgCl electrodes connected through Ringer-agar bridges to compartments #3 and #5. In nerves with undamaged perineurium, changing from normal Ringer to high [K+] Ringer (100 mM, KCl replacing NaCl) for 2 min caused negligible change in DC potential or CAP, indicating that raised [K+] was not reaching the axon surface, and hence that the perineurium was exerting a diffusional restriction on K+ entry. In nerves damaged by stretching or d...Continue Reading

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