Equivalent Circuit of an Axon Membrane
Feedback Amplifier current proportional to difference (E-input) Measured voltage Input Signal Measured Current Feedback Amplifier current proportional to difference (E-input) Hodgkin & Huxley’s voltage clamp of the squid giant axon
Hodgkin & Huxley’s voltage clamp of the squid giant axon: early inward Na late outward K Hodgkin & Huxley’s voltage clamp of the squid giant axon: Current response to hyper-polarization and de-polarization
Hodgkin & Huxley’s voltage clamp of the squid giant axon: late outward K early Na Hodgkin & Huxley’s voltage clamp of the squid giant axon: Current response to hyper-polarization and de-polarization
Hodgkin & Huxley separation of Na and K currents by variation of bath Na concentration
Separation of Na and K Current-Voltage curves
Separation of Na and K Ionic conductance changes Rapid changes in gNa Slow changes in gK Separation of Na and K Ionic conductance changes
Na and K conductance at various voltage clamp steps
Channel openings and closings during Action Potential
Example of time course of changes in n & n^4 ~ gK and m, h & m^3 Example of time course of changes in n & n^4 ~ gK and m, h & m^3*h ~ gNa
Voltage dependence of Hodgkin-Huxley model parameters