A simple modification of the Hodgkin and Huxley equations explains type 3 excitability in squid giant axons

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 1421-1428

  Clay, John R ^a,d   Paydarfar, David ^b   Forger, Daniel B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion channel gating; Nerve; Neuronal excitability; Squid axons

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOLLUSCS; NEURONS; SHELLFISH;

BIOLOGICAL PREPARATION; CURRENT CONDUCTANCE; ION-CHANNEL GATING; NERVE; NEURONAL EXCITABILITY; NONLINEAR DEPENDENCE; SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS; SQUID AXON;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEPHALOPOD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DECAPODIFORMES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM;

EID: 58749110341     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0166     Document Type: Article

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