Аннотация:The results on variable mechanisms of lithium action on generation of membrane
potential (MP) oscillations in the Nitella cell are presented. Generating of several classes
of oscillations, single and local impulses of the membrane potential depend
strongly on the high lithium concentration in the nutrient solution (LiCl concentration
10 mM), when the cell membrane is strongly excited. The assertion is that oscillations
of the MP are caused by the total oscillatory transport processes for Li+, K+,
Na+ and Cl– in cell membrane. The hypothesis on mechanisms of oscillatory transport
processes of ions (Li+, Na+, K+ and Cl–) expressed over different classes of oscillations,
single and local impulses of the membrane potential across the excitable membrane of
the Nitella cell is proposed.
Key words: Nitella mucronata (A. Braun) F. Miquel, lithium, excitable membrane,
membrane potential, oscillation parameters, oscillatory transport of ions.