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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
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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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