Membrane potential and time requirements for detection of weak signals by voltage-gated ion channels

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1999, Pages 102-109

  Gailey, Paul C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field; Electroreception; Noise; Signal to noise; Theoretical limits

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; IONS; MEMBRANES; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRORECEPTION; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NOISE; SIGNAL TO NOISE; THEORETICAL LIMITS; TIME REQUIREMENTS; VOLTAGE GATED ION CHANNELS; WEAK SIGNALS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONS;

ION CHANNEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSATION; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MAGNETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032603831     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:4+<102::AID-BEM12>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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