Conductance fluctuations from the inactivation process of sodium channels in myelinated nerve fibres *

1. Na currents and fluctuations of Na currents were studied under voltage clamp in the same myelinated nerve fibres of Rana esculenta at 13 °C. The results were used to test several kinetic models for the gating process of Na channels.

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