Ionic blockage of sodium channels in nerve

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1973, Pages 687-708

  Woodhull, Ann M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PROTON;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; SODIUM CHANNEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ANURA; CALCIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; PERMEABILITY; RANA PIPIENS; SODIUM;

EID: 0015879604     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.61.6.687     Document Type: Article

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