Gauging the strength of power frequency fields against membrane electrical noise

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 595-609

  Bier, Martin ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ELF; Kaune model; Noise; Transmembrane voltage fluctuations; Weaver Astumian model

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MEMBRANES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ELECTRIC NOISE; ELF; FREQUENCY FIELD; KAUNE MODEL; NOISE; POWER FREQUENCY; TRANSMEMBRANE VOLTAGE; TRANSMEMBRANE VOLTAGE FLUCTUATION; VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS; WEAVER-ASTUMIAN MODEL;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NOISE; PHOTON; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH;

EID: 26444438999     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20148     Document Type: Article

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