Absence of potassium conductance in central myelinated axons
β Scribed by Kocsis, Jeffery D.; Waxman, Stephen G.
- Book ID
- 109719771
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Volume
- 287
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/287348a0
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