Ionic Basis of Resting and Action Potentials

Abstract The sections in this article are: Development of Membrane Theory Before Intracellular Recording First Intracellular Recordings from Squid Giant Axons Direct Measurement of Ionic Currents in Axon Membranes Voltage‐clamp Method Electrochemical Separation of Ionic Currents Pharmacological Separation of Ionic Currents Hodgkin‐huxley Model Quantitative Analysis of I Na and I k Calculations with Hodgkin‐Huxley Model Variety of Excitable Cells Myelinated Nerve Other Axons Cell Bodies Muscle Ionic Channels Sodium Channels Potassium Channels Calcium Channels Equations of Ionic Hypothesis Solving Hodgkin‐Huxley Model Diffusion of Charged Particles in Electric Field