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. 1997 Oct 1;110(4):415–440. doi: 10.1085/jgp.110.4.415

Figure 14.

Figure 14

A series of “snapshots” of a 60-channel couplon at 1-ms intervals during a depolarization to −50 mV. A coincident opening of two neighboring V channels triggers C channel openings, which then propagate as a wave along the length of the couplon until stopped by random inactivation events. Solid diamond, closed V channel; solid square, closed C channel; checkered diamond, open V channel; open square, open C channel; gray circle, inactivated C channel.