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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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Evoked Potentials

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Membrane PotentialsSynaptic Transmissionspike train
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Differential Depression of Myocardial Contractility by Halothane and Isoflurane In Vitro
Depressant effects of halothane and isoflurane on isolated right ventricular guinea pig papillary muscle bathed in Tyrode's… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Resting and Rate‐Dependent Depression of Maximum Rate of Depolarisation (Vmax) in Guinea Pig Ventricular Action Potentials by Mexiletine, Disopyramide, and Encainide
The influence of stimulation rate on the ability of mexiletine, disopyramide. and encainide to depress the maximum rate of… 
1983
1983
Acetylcholine Increases Resting Membrane Potassium Conductance in Atrial but Not in Ventricular Muscle during Muscarinic Inhibition of Ca++‐Dependent Action Potentials in Chick Heart
In atrial and ventricular cells from hearts of hatched chicks, acetylcholine reduced the overshoot and the duration of action… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Potassium efflux in heart muscle during activity: extracellular accumulation and its implications.
1. Extracellular K+ activity and transmembrane potential were simultaneously monitored with a K+‐selective micro‐electrode placed… 
1970
1970
Effect of calcium deficiency on cochlear potentials.
1964
1964
ACTION POTENTIALS OF GUINEA PIG ATRIA UNDER CONDITIONS WHICH ALTER CONTRACTION.
Simultaneous recordings were made of action potential ( AP ) and contractile strength ( CS ) of electrically driven isolated left… 
1959
1959
Restoration by barium of action potentials in sodium‐deprived mammalian B and C fibres
It is known that in vertebrate myelinated nerve fibres, belonging to the A group of Erlanger & Gasser (1937), sodium ions cannot… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
The nature of action potentials in the lateral eye of the horseshoe crab as revealed by simultaneous intra- and extracellular recording.
1. By means of pencil electrode, simultaneous intra-and extracellular recordings were made of the action potentials in the… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Further study on the intraretinal action potentials and on the site of ERG generation.
1. The intraretinal action potentials (EIRG's) were recorded with superfine electrodes (less than 1μ) located at different depths… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Action potentials of isolated mammalian sympathetic ganglia
The present series of experiments is an attempt at analysis of the potentials set up by preganglionic volleys in the isolated… 
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