Counting Charges

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-132

  Horn, Richard ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS;

EID: 0030228247     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.108.3.129     Document Type: Article

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