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The Symposium on "Ion Selective Microelectrodes and Their Use in Excitable Tissues" was held in Prague from July 8-11, 1980. It was organized by the Institute of Physiology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences as a satellite symposium of the XXVIII Interna tional Congress of Physiological Sciences in Budapest. Sixty parti cipants met for three days in the historical setting of the Strahov Monastery. The informal and relaxed atmosphere of the scientific sessions, together with the social programme made the meeting a success and helped to cement old friendships and to form new ones. The organizers were happy to welcome as participants representatives from most of the laboratories working with ion-selective microelectrodes (ISMs) in the world. Neurophysiological research with liquid ion-exchanger ISMs in the Prague laboratory was started as early as 1971 due to the fact that one of us (P. H. ) had the opportunity of learning the technique directly from Dr. J. L. Walker in Salt Lake City. It was thanks to his patience and, later, his courtesy in providing us with the liquid ion-exchanger for potassium and silicone that we were able to get a start in what turned out to be, in a year or so, very strong international competition. This volume contains the papers presented at the Symposium. It is divided according to the actual sessions with names of the chair men, who helped the organizers to make the Symposium a real success.
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Ion-Selective Microelectrodes and Their USe in Excitable TIssues Ion-Selective Microelectrodes and Their USe in Excitable Tissues Edited by Eva Sykova, Pavel Hnlk, and Ladislav Vyklicky Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Prague, Czechsl ~akia Plenum Press· New York and London Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: lon-selective microelectrodes and their use in excitable tissues. Proceedings of a symposium organized by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences as a satellite symposium to the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences and held July 8-11, 1980, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Electrodes, Ion selective-Congresses. 2. Nerve tissue-Congresses. 3. Musc1eCongresses. I. Sykova, Eva. II. Hnik, Pavel. III. Vyklicky, Ladislav. IV. Ceskoslovenska akademie ved. [DNLM: 1. Microelectrodes-Congresses. 2. Ions-Metabolism-Congresses. 3. Nervous system-Physiology-Congresses. WL 102 168 1980) QP519.9.E43167 599.01'8 81-1625 ISBN-13: 978-1-4615-9226-6 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4615-9224-2 AACR2 001: 10.1007/978-1-4615-9224-2 Proceedings of a symposium on lon-Selective Microelectrodes and Their Use in Excitable Tissues, organized by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences as a satellite symposium to the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences and held July 8-11, 1980, in Prague, Czechoslovakia © 1981 Plenum Press, New York Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1981 A Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 233 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfIlming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher PREFACE The Symposium on "Ion Selective Microelectrodes and Their Use in Excitable Tissues" was held in Prague from July 8-11, 1980. It was organized by the Institute of Physiology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences as a satellite symposium of the XXVIII International Congress of Physiological Sciences in Budapest. Sixty participants met for three days in the historical setting of the Strahov Monastery. The informal and relaxed atmosphere of the scientific sessions, together with the socia