Abstract
Takashima, Schwan and Tasaki(l) observed that the membrane capacitance of squid axon undergoes a dielectric relaxation in the proximity of lOKHz. They found, after careful analyses of data(vide infra) that the widely accepted membrane capacity luF/cm2 of nerve axon membrane(2) decreased to approximately 0.6 uF/cm2 between 2 and 50KHz. The origin of the frequency dependent membrane capacitance is still unknown and the present research is a further attempt to identify the component which undergoes the dispersion in the low frequency region.
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Takashima, S., Schwan, H.P. (1974). Dielectric Relaxation in Lipid Bilayer Membranes. In: Johnson, J.F., Porter, R.S. (eds) Liquid Crystals and Ordered Fluids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2727-1_19
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