Effect of current flow on the membrane potential of cardiac muscle
The Journal of PhysiologyPublished 29 October 1951Open access
Silvio Weidmann
Citations485
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SJR score1.72
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An account of experiments designed to investigate the cardiac action potential by applying suitable pulses of current at various stages in the cardiac cycle is contained.
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