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. 1964 Nov;52(5):1177–1183. doi: 10.1073/pnas.52.5.1177

CAESIUM IONS DO NOT PASS THE MEMBRANE OF THE GIANT AXON

W F Pickard 1,*, J Y Lettvin 1,†, J W Moore 1,‡, M Takata 1,‡, J Pooler 1,‡, T Bernstein 1,§
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