A thermodynamic mechanism behind an action potential and behind anesthesia

Biophysical Reviews and Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-41

  Kassahun, Binyam T ^a   Murashov, Alexander K ^b   Bier, Martin ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Anesthesia; Cell membrane fluidity

Indexed keywords

PROCAINE; XENON;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FREEZING; HEAT CAPACITY; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; LIPID BILAYER; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77953183523     PISSN: 17930480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793048010001123     Document Type: Article

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