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Fig. 4. Analysis of Na+ conductance (gNa) and K+ conductance (gK) from voltage-clamped axons. All analyses are derived from experiments at 10°C. {circ}, L. pealei; {blacksquare}, L. plei; {Delta}, Sepioteuthis sepioidea. Values are means ± S.E.M. (A) gNa, normalized to membrane surface area, versus voltage. L. pealei, N=5; L. plei, N=5; S. sepioidea, N=9. Values for S. sepioidea are significantly different (P<=0.05) from those for either species of Loligo between O mV and +30 mV (at +40 mV, P=0.06). (B) gK, normalized to membrane surface area, versus voltage. L. pealei, N=5; L. plei, N=7; S. sepioidea, N=8. Values are significantly different between L. plei and L. pealei at all voltages >=+20 mV and between L. plei and S. sepioidea at all voltages >=0 mV. (C) gNa, normalized to maximum values of gNa, versus voltage. (D) gK, normalized to maximum values of gK, versus voltage. (E) Half-time (t1/2) for INa versus voltage. (F) t1/2 for IK versus voltage. t1/2 was defined as the time after the voltage step when half the maximum current was activated. Vm, membrane potential.