ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Neurons encode and transmit information by generating action potentials, or ‘spikes’ of voltage that sweep along their membranes (Box 1). It has been 50 years since Hodgkin and Huxley proposed a mechanistic model by which such spikes are generated in an electrically excitable membrane. The ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/440999a