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. 1971 Jan;68(1):192–196. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.1.192

Theory of the Voltage Clamp of the Nerve Membrane, I. Ideal Clamp

R Lorente De Nó 1
PMCID: PMC391193  PMID: 5276289

Abstract

The mathematical theory of the flow of current during a voltage clamp has been developed for a nerve membrane having constant conductance and for a membrane whose conductance increases during activity. It is found that the published families of voltage clamp records are compatible only with a practically constant membrane conductance.

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