On the thermal noise limit of cellular membranes

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-35

  Vincze, Gy ^a   Szasz, N ^b   Szasz, A ^a,c  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ELF; EMF; Symmetrical components; Twiss's theorem; Weaver Astumian model

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; THERMAL NOISE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIO-ELECTROMAGNETICS; CELLULAR MEMBRANES; CONDUCTANCE NOISE; ELF; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; NOISE CURRENT; NOISE LIMIT; SYMMETRICAL COMPONENTS; TWISS THEOREM; WEAVER-ASTUMIAN MODEL;

CYTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONDUCTANCE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL NOISE LIMIT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 11144244613     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20051     Document Type: Article

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