Barrier permeability at cut axonal ends progressively decreases until an ionic seal is formed

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1883-1890

  Eddleman, Christopher S ^a,b   Bittner, George D ^a,c   Fishman, Harvey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE MEMBRANE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0033803356     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76438-1     Document Type: Article

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