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Action Potentials

Known as: Action Potential, Potential, Action, Potentials, Action 
A process in which membrane potential cycles through a depolarizing spike, triggered in response to depolarization above some threshold, followed by… 
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1984
1984
New Ca2+ agonist (Bay K 8644) enhances and induces cardiac slow action potentials.
Bay K 8644 is an analogue of nifedipine that has positive inotropic and vasoconstricting actions and was postulated to be a Ca… 
1980
1980
Effects of Rapid Stimulation on the Transmembrane Action Potentials of Rabbit Sinus Node Pacemaker Cells
We studied the mechanism of post-overdrive suppression in superfused rabbit sinus node pacemaker cells. Small specimens of sinus… 
1976
1976
A study of the verapamil-induced changes in conductivity and refractoriness and monophasic action potentials of the dog heart in situ.
In the dog heart in situ, verapamil 0.30 mg/kg injected intravenously did not impair intraatrial, His--Purkinje and… 
1974
1974
Investigations on the sources of whole-nerve action potentials recorded from various places in the guinea-pig cochlea.
The electric source of the whole‐nerve action potential recorded by cochlear electrodes is generally considered to be part of the… 
1971
1971
Action potentials in the cochlea. Masking, adaptation and recruitment.
Action potentials were picked up from the round window of guinea pigs. By averaging the cochlear responses to tone bursts, the… 
1970
1970
Effect of calcium deficiency on cochlear potentials.
1970
1970
Extraneuronal potentials and potassium depolarization in cockroach giant axons.
1. Elevation of the external potassium concentration resulted in a marked positivation of both intracellularly and… 
1961
1961
Bioelectric properties of dystrophic mammalian muscle. Excitability, membrane resting, and action potentials in mouse hereditary myopathy.
Introduction This study was designed to investigate the bioelectric properties of skeletal muscle afflicted with hereditary… 
1960
1960
Recording of action potentials from single cells in the frog retina.
The recent work of TOMITA and his collaborators") proved definitely that the ERG is a mass response and in no way represents the… 
1956
1956
Transmembranal action potentials from pregnant uterus.
For the first time overshooting action potentials of pregnant guinea pig uterus have been recorded intracellularly. Flexibly…