Axonal excitability revisited
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Axonal excitability revisited.
The original papers of Hodgkin and Huxley (J. Physiol. 116 (1952a) 449, J. Physiol. 116 (1952b) 473, J. Physiol. 116 (1952c) 497, J. Physiol. 117 (1952d) 500) have provided a benchmark in our understanding of cellular excitability. Not surprisingly, their model of the membrane action potential (AP) requires revisions even for the squid giant axon, the preparation for which it was originally for...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0079-6107
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2003.12.004