Constant electric field simulations of the membrane potential illustrated with simple systems

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1818, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 294-302

  Gumbart, James ^a   Khalili Araghi, Fatemeh ^b   Sotomayor, Marcos ^c   Roux, Benoît ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodes; Electrostatics; Free energy; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PATCH CLAMP; PERIODICITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION;

EID: 84855456606     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.09.030     Document Type: Article

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