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Modeling Biological Membranes with Circuit Boards and Measuring Electrical Signals in Axons: Student Laboratory Exercises
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Modeling Biological Membranes with Circuit Boards and Measuring Electrical Signals in Axons: Student Laboratory Exercises

Published on: January 18, 2011

THE SQUID GIANT AXON. MATHEMATICAL MODELS

R C HOYT

    Biophysical Journal
    |September 1, 1963
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    AXONSEXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDYMATHEMATICSMOLLUSCAPHYSIOLOGY

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