Animal electricity and the birth of electrophysiology: the legacy of Luigi Galvani

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 · 22.9K citations · Full text

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The effect of sodium ions on the electrical activity of the giant axon of the squid

A. L. Hodgkin, B. Katz · The Journal of Physiology · 1949 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes

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Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres

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Currents carried by sodium and potassium ions through the membrane of the giant axon of <i>Loligo</i>

A. L. Hodgkin, A. F. Huxley · The Journal of Physiology · 1952 · 2.5K citations · Full text

Journalism, Potassium Ions, Information Retrieval +18