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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… 
1985
1985
Relationship between membrane potential changes and superoxide-releasing capacity in resident and activated mouse peritoneal macrophages.
In an attempt to understand better the molecular basis for the enhanced respiratory burst of activated macrophages (M phi), we… 
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… 
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… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
Membrane potentials and the energetics of intestinal Na+-dependent transport systems.
The transmembrane chemical gradient for Na+ that most living cells maintain represents an energy source which is not sufficient… 
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… 
1933
1933
Über die Bedeutung der oxydo-reduktiven Bedingungen für die vitale Färbung, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kernfärbung in lebendigen Zellen
InhMt I. Einleifung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 II. Larven yon Chironomus plumosu8…