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Excitable cells respond to appropriate stimuli with changes in their transmembrane potential. We will briefly review the origin of the membrane potential and the ways that it can be modified. Two main classes of excitability will be discussed: chemical excitability, in which the stimulus is a chemical transmitter released by another cell; and electrical excitability, in which the stimulus is a change in the membrane potential itself.
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Bezanilla, F., White, M.M. (1986). Properties of Ionic Channels in Excitable Membranes. In: Andreoli, T.E., Hoffman, J.F., Fanestil, D.D., Schultz, S.G. (eds) Physiology of Membrane Disorders. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2097-5_27
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