Reliability of Ionic Current Measurements in Ranvier Nodes

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-107

  Zaciu, C ^c   Koppenhofer E ^a   Maskaliunas, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Myelinated nerve fibres; Reliability of data; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MATHEMATICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RANVIER NODE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEEDBACK; MATHEMATICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RANVIER'S NODES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030113311     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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