Saltatory Conduction as an Electrostatic Compressional Wave in the Axoplasm
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عنوان ژورنال: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0040-8727,1349-3329
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.244.151