Squid giant axon Hodgkins-Huxley model

Hodgkin and Huxley [81] formulated a membrane model that accounts for K" ", Na" ", and ion leakage channels in squid giant axons [Fig. 22(a)]. The membrane resting potential for each ion species is treated like a battery and the degree to which the channel is open is modeled by a variable resistor. 

Hassard, B. 1978. Bifurcation of periodic solutions of the Hodgkin-Huxley model for the squid giant axon. J. Theor. Biol. 71 401-20. 

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