Action potentials in a giant algal cell: A comparative approach to mechanisms and evolution of excitability

Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Johnson, Bruce R ^a   Wyttenbach, Robert A ^a   Wayne, Randy ^a   Hoy, Ronald R ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Chara; Evolution; Excitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042694208     PISSN: 15442896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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