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Almers, W. (1978). Gating currents and charge movements in excitable membranes. In: Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 82. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, vol 82. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0030498

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