499 bis—The surface compartment model—voltage clamp

Solutions of the SCM equations under voltage clamp show that a transient inward sodium flux can occur at certain settings of the parameters. If there is a nonspecific increase in cation permeability upon depolarization, the positive sodium flux arises because the ion concentration changes in the electrical double layer compensate for the decrease in the electrical driving force, while parallell changes in the potassium ion concentrations lead to a decreased (but still outward) potassium flux. The sodium flux is quite sensitive to the magnitudes of the ionic permeabilities and mobilities, as well as the ion binding equilibrium and release rate constants. The values of the parameters determined here suggest magnitudes for the properties of the membrane components associated with the permeability change.