Inactivation of calcium channels has been attributed to a direct reaction of calcium ions entering the cell with the calcium channel. For a single channel this hypothesis predicts a correlation between the amount of calcium entering during an opening or a burst of openings and the subsequent closed times. No such correlation was found, and the possibility that, upon entry, calcium ions produce inactivation is excluded.
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