Articles by Martha M. Robinson in JoVE

Modeling Biological Membranes with Circuit Boards and Measuring Electrical Signals in Axons: Student Laboratory Exercises

JoVE 2325 1/18/2011

Martha M. Robinson¹, Jonathan M. Martin¹, Harold L. Atwood², Robin L. Cooper¹

¹Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, ²Department of Physiology, University of Toronto

This is a demonstration of how biological membranes can be understood using electrical models. We also demonstrate procedures for recording action potentials from the ventral nerve cord of the crayfish for student orientated laboratories.