Timeline for Voltage drop over a cell membrane
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Feb 17, 2014 at 17:52 | comment | added | Chelonian | You've just given the Nernst Equation for a neuron at rest, (assuming it has a valence of +1). There's also the Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz Equation if you want to take into account other ions that are allowed to be permeable. | |
Aug 12, 2011 at 15:44 | vote | accept | Lagerbaer | ||
Aug 11, 2011 at 17:38 | comment | added | Lagerbaer | Okay, if I assume unchanged concentrations, I get $U = kT/e \ln \left( c_A/c_B\right)$, which in the case of $c_A = 10 c_B$ amounts to approximately $60 mV$. Sounds reasonable :) | |
Aug 11, 2011 at 16:55 | history | answered | Carl Brannen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |