Abstract
ABSTRACT The rate of loss of sodium ions from the abdominal nerve cord of Periplaneta has been determined by following the decline in radioactivity of 24Na-loaded nerve cords isolated in flowing Ringer solution. In all of the experiments there was an initial rapid exponential decline in radioactivity which eventually gave way to a second slower phase. The initial exponential extrusion of sodium ions was appreciably reduced by the presence of potassium cyanide and 2:4-dinitrophenol. The rate of sodium efflux was not reduced in sodium-free solutions, but was decreased in the absence of external potassium ions. It is concluded that sodium ions are extruded from the nerve cord by a metabolically maintained secretory mechanism which is also associated with the uptake of potassium ions.
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