Abstract
The generation of action potentials in nerve and muscle requires cell membranes with steeply voltage-dependent ionic permeabilities. The voltage-dependent, ion-selective pathways responsible for excitation have been characterized for numerous excitable tissues such as nerve axon, muscle, electric organ, algae and epithelia (Aidley, 1971; Hodgkin, 1964; Cole, 1968). The process of activating ionic pathways by some stimulus, such as a change in membrane potential, is called gating.
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Created | 16 years, 5 months ago (March 17, 2009, 12:07 p.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 3, 2021, 5:21 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 day, 19 hours ago (Aug. 26, 2025, 2:58 a.m.) |
Issued | 48 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1977) |
Published | 48 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1977) |
Published Online | 16 years, 5 months ago (March 17, 2009) |
Published Print | 48 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1977) |
@article{Ehrenstein_1977, title={Electrically gated ionic channels in lipid bilayers}, volume={10}, ISSN={1469-8994}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033583500000123}, DOI={10.1017/s0033583500000123}, number={1}, journal={Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics}, publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, author={Ehrenstein, Gerald and Lecar, Harold}, year={1977}, month=feb, pages={1–34} }