Understanding the electrical behavior of the action potential in terms of elementary electrical sources.

@article{RodrguezFalces2015UnderstandingTE,
  title={Understanding the electrical behavior of the action potential in terms of elementary electrical sources.},
  author={Javier Rodr{\'i}guez-Falces},
  journal={Advances in physiology education},
  year={2015},
  volume={39 1},
  pages={
          15-26
        }
}
A concept of major importance in human electrophysiology studies is the process by which activation of an excitable cell results in a rapid rise and fall of the electrical membrane potential, the so-called action potential. Hodgkin and Huxley proposed a model to explain the ionic mechanisms underlying the formation of action potentials. However, this model is unsuitably complex for teaching purposes. In addition, the Hodgkin and Huxley approach describes the shape of the action potential only… 
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