Relating microscopic charge movement to macroscopic currents: The Ramo-Shockley theorem applied to ion channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3716-3722

  Nonner, Wolfgang ^a   Peyser, Alexander ^a   Gillespie, Dirk ^b   Eisenberg, Bob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CURRENT; RAMO SHOCKLEY THEOREM; SIMULATION; THEORY;

EID: 10044281664     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.047548     Document Type: Article

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