Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Definitions, abbreviations and conventions
- 1 Introduction and overview
- 2 Ions in solution
- 3 Diffusion in free solution
- 4 Diffusion within a membrane
- 5 Membranes, channels, carriers and pumps
- 6 Membrane equivalent circuits
- 7 Voltage-sensitive channels: the membrane action potential
- 8 The propagated action potential
- 9 Synaptic potentials
- 10 Membrane noise
- Appendices
- Suggested further reading
- Index
4 - Diffusion within a membrane
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Definitions, abbreviations and conventions
- 1 Introduction and overview
- 2 Ions in solution
- 3 Diffusion in free solution
- 4 Diffusion within a membrane
- 5 Membranes, channels, carriers and pumps
- 6 Membrane equivalent circuits
- 7 Voltage-sensitive channels: the membrane action potential
- 8 The propagated action potential
- 9 Synaptic potentials
- 10 Membrane noise
- Appendices
- Suggested further reading
- Index
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