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An electrophysiology quesiton

k p Collins kpaulc at [----------]earthlink.net
Tue Feb 10 16:52:09 EST 2004


Hi Matt. I enjoyed reading your discussion
except for one thing :-]

"Matt Jones" <jonesmat at physiology.wisc.edu> wrote in message
news:b86268d4.0402100852.3bf4e329 at posting.google.com...
> Xiaoshen Li <xli6 at gmu.edu> wrote in message
news:<c08fgr$pm9 at portal.gmu.edu>...
> > Hi,
> > I have an electrophysiology question.
> > [...]
>
> Xiaoshen,
>
> Think of Ohm's Law:
>
> V = iR
> [...]
>  EPSC (excitatory postsynaptic CURRENT (not
> "conductance", as another poster said)).
> [...]

> Cheers,

> Matt

OK, show me a "current" in the absence of
a "conductance".

In nervous systems, "current" is embodied
in ion's motions - "conductances".

Forgive me, please, it seems that, these 'days'
I'm thrust-into work that entails eliminating
redundant usage in symbolic representations.

It's not "trivial". All the extra stuff that's heaped-
up in the symbolics 'blinds' folks to what's act-
ually going-in in-there.

Please Forgive me. I'm not 'jumping' =you=.

I'm working to Fix what needs Fixing in the books.

Cheers, Matt, ken [k. p. collins]






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