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. 1960 Dec;154(2):385–407. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006586

The sodium-potassium hypothesis as the basis of electrical activity in frog ventricle

A J Brady, J W Woodbury
PMCID: PMC1359808  PMID: 16992069

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