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A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hodgkin, A. L., & Huxley, A. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Venue
- The Journal of Physiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1952-08-28
- Volume
- 117
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 500-544
- ISSN
- 0022-3751 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7793
- PMC
- PMC1392413
- OpenAlex
- W1985940938
- Cited by
- 23,191
- References
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- FWCI
- 17.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- The Journal of Physiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- membrane currents, quantitative description, nerve conduction, nerve excitation, action potential, membrane excitability
- MeSH terms
- Axons, Humans
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