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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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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Effect of microscopic and macroscopic discontinuities on the response of cardiac tissue to defibrillating (stimulating) currents
What transmembrane potentials are produced in cardiac tissue in response to the application of defibrillating (or stimulating… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The Effects of Membrane Potential, Extracellular Potassium, and Tetrodotoxin on the Intracellular Sodium Ion Activity of Sheep Cardiac Muscle
The intracellular sodium ion activity was measured using liquid ion-exchange microelectrodes with rapid response times in sheep… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Resting skeletal muscle membrane potential as an index of uremic toxicity. A proposed new method to assess adequacy of hemodialysis.
Electrochemical disturbances of skeletal muscle cells in untreated uremia are characterized by an increase in the intracellular… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Slow and rapid responses to CW and pulsed microwave radiation by individual Aplysia pacemakers.
Specific absorption rates (SARs) of microwave energy that altered firing rates were determined for individual pacemaker neurons… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
A comparison of ion concentrations, potentials and conductances of amphibian, bovine and cephalopod lenses
1. The concentrations of sodium, potassium and chloride in frog and bovine lenses showed a normal intracellular ion distribution… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Membrane currents of the tunicate egg under the voltage‐clamp condition.
1. Ionic currents of the egg membrane of a certain tunicate. Halocynthia roretzi Drashe, were studied by the voltage‐clamp… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Electrical excitability in the egg cell membrane of the tunicate
1. With the purpose of studying the differentiation of an excitable membrane, the electrical properties of the tunicate egg, a… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Effects of ouabain and diphenylhydantoin on transmembrane potentials, intracellular electrolytes and cell pH of rat muscle and liver in vivo
1. The effects of ouabain and diphenylhydantoin (DPH) to inhibit and stimulate, respectively, the Na+—K+ pump were used to… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Effects of Ca removal on the smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig taenia coli
1. The effects of removing the external Ca ions on the spontaneous and evoked activity of the smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig… 
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… 
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