Author: Hodgkin, A.L.; Huxley, A.F.
Description: NERVOUS messages are invariably associated with an electrical change known as the action potential. This potential is generally believed to arise at a membrane which is situated between the axoplasm and the external medium. If this theory is correct, it should be possible to record the action potential between an electrode inside a nerve fibre and the conducting fluid outside it. Most nerve fibres are too small for this to be tested directly, but we have recently succeeded in inserting micro-electrodes into the giant axons of squids (Loligo forbesi)1.
Subject Headings: Action potential; Nerve fibre
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Publication year: 1939
Journal or book title: Nature
Volume: 144
Issue: 3651
Pages: 710-711
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Type: Journal Article
Serial number: 2284