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Membrane Excitability

Membrane Excitability is the intrinsic property of a neuron's plasma membrane that enables it to generate and propagate electrical signals through rapid changes in ion conductance across voltage-sensitive ion channels.

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A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve

A. L. Hodgkin, A. F. Huxley · The Journal of Physiology · 1952 · 23.2K citations · Full text

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Improved patch-clamp techniques for high-resolution current recording from cells and cell-free membrane patches

Owen P. Hamill, Alain Marty, Erwin Neher et al. · Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology · 1981 · 18.5K citations

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Ionic channels of excitable membranes

General Pharmacology The Vascular System · 1985 · 7K citations

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Impulses and Physiological States in Theoretical Models of Nerve Membrane

Richard Fitzhugh · Biophysical Journal · 1961 · 6.3K citations

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Excitability changes induced in the human motor cortex by weak transcranial direct current stimulation

Michael A. Nitsche, Walter Paulus · The Journal of Physiology · 2000 · 5.7K citations · Full text

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    Toshio Narahashi

    Northwestern University, United States

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    Bruce P. Bean

    Harvard University, United States

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    Francisco Bezanilla

    University of Chicago, United States

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    Ricardo Miledi

    University of California, Irvine, United States

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    Stephen G. Waxman

    Yale University, United States

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  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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