Role of Surface Dipoles on Axon Membrane
- 17 January 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 163 (3864) , 280-282
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.163.3864.280
Abstract
A physical model of nerve excitation and conduction is proposed based on the discovery of three new axon membrane properties: the negative fixed surface charge, the birefringence change, and the infrared emission.Keywords
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