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New trends in membrane physiology of nerve and muscle fibres

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    With this lecture I wish to express my indebtedness to Prof. H. Autrum who introduced me into the field of nerve electrophysiology and in whose laboratory I first became acquainted with the principles of the ionic theory of excitation

    The figures in this survey have been reproduced with the kind permission of the following authors and publishers: W.K. Chandler, R. Fink, B. Hille, R.W. Meech, B. Neumcke, W. Nonner, R.F. Rakowski, H. Reuter, M.F. Schneider, H. Scholz; Cambridge University Press, London; Rockefeiler University Press, New York.

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    Lüttgau, H.C. New trends in membrane physiology of nerve and muscle fibres. J. Comp. Physiol. 120, 51–70 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00617537

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