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Membrane Potentials

Known as: resting membrane potential, Transmembrane Potential Difference, Potential, Membrane 
The voltage differences across a membrane. For cellular membranes they are computed by subtracting the voltage measured outside the membrane from the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Action PotentialsLong-Term PotentiationResting Potentialsslow potential
Cell surfaceElectric potential (physical force)Plasma membraneafterpotential

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Electrophysiology (science)

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1986
1986
Inclusion of junction elements in a linear cardiac model through secondary sources: Application to defibrillation
If a defibrillating stimulus current is applied to a one-dimensional fibre, and if the fibre has junction resistances joining the… 
1986
1986
ATP synthesis in cell envelope vesicles of Halobacterium halobium driven by membrane potential and/or base-acid transition.
Cell envelope vesicles active in ATP synthesis were prepared from Halobacterium halobium cells, which genetically lack… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Altered membrane properties of cerebral vascular smooth muscle following subarachnoid hemorrhage: an electrophysiological study. I. Changes in resting membrane potential (Em) and effect on the…
Subarachnoid hemorrhage was produced experimentally in cats by intracisternal injection of non-heparinized autologous arterial… 
1985
1985
Uptake of dibucaine into large unilamellar vesicles in response to a membrane potential.
Local amine anesthetics appear to exert their effects in the charged (protonated) form on the cytoplasmic side of excitable… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The effect of insulin on plasma-membrane and mitochondrial-membrane potentials in isolated fat-cells.
1. A recently developed technique for the measurement of plasma-membrane and mitochondrial-membrane potentials in intact cells by… 
1981
1981
Freezing injury in cold-acclimated and unhardened spinach leaves
Spinach plants (Spinacia oleracea L.) were frost-hardened by cold-acclimation to 1° C or kept in an unhardy state at 20°/14° C in… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Light-induced membrane potential and pH gradient in Halobacterium halobium envelope vesicles.
Illumination of envelope vesicles prepared from Halobacterium halobium cells causes translocation of protons from inside to… 
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… 
1969
1969
Effect of hemorrhagic shock on transmembrane potential.
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Effect of insulin on membrane potential and potassium content of rat muscle.
Insulin increased resting membrane potential of excised rat muscle, extensor digitorum longus, by about 5 mv in less than 1 hour…