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Depolarized potassium currents and time delay in nerve membrane

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An equation with five exponential terms is shown to fit the depolarized potassium current with different initial conditions. This equation has a molecular basis and was derived from the assumption that the potassium ions are transported under the combined forces via Newton's second law. It points out that the initial phase of the potassium current may take a different form and the usual concept that potassium conductance has a time delay may be misleading.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, 115, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Chun Chiang

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Chiang, C. Depolarized potassium currents and time delay in nerve membrane. Bltn Mathcal Biology 47, 317–320 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460040

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