Effect of intracellular diffusion on current-voltage curves in potassium channels
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Daniele Andreucci, ∗ Dario Bellaveglia, 2, † Emilio N.M. Cirillo, ‡ and Silvia Marconi § Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate per l’Ingegneria, Sapienza Università di Roma, via A. Scarpa 16, I–00161, Roma, Italy. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica Sapienza Università di Roma, via Eudossiana 18, I–00184 Roma, Italy. Dipartimento di Strutture, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, via Corrado Segre 4, 00146 Roma, Italy.
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