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  2. Andrew Huxley - Wikipedia

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    Sir Andrew Huxley OM FRS HonFREng Huxley in 1963 Born Andrew Fielding Huxley (1917-11-22) 22 November 1917 Hampstead, London, England Died 30 May 2012 (2012-05-30) (aged 94) Cambridge, England Alma mater University of Cambridge Known for Action potentials in nerves muscle contraction Spouse J. Richenda G. Pease (m. 1947; died 2003) Children 6 Father Leonard Huxley Relatives Huxley family ...

  3. Hodgkin–Huxley model - Wikipedia

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    Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley described the model in 1952 to explain the ionic mechanisms underlying the initiation and propagation of action potentials in the squid giant axon. [1] They received the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this work.

  4. Action potential - Wikipedia

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    An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls. [1] ... they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ...

  5. Alan Hodgkin - Wikipedia

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    The data they had obtained in 1949 resulted in a series of five papers published in The Journal of Physiology that described what became later known as the Hodgkin–Huxley model of the action potential and eventually earned Hodgkin and Huxley the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

  6. Biological neuron model - Wikipedia

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    The signal is a short electrical pulse called action potential or 'spike'. ... Hodgkin and Huxley were awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this ...

  7. Nobel prize in physics goes to machine learning pioneers ...

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    The prizes have been awarded with a few interruptions since 1901, though the Nobel economics honour is a later addition in memory of the Swedish businessman and philanthropist, who had made a ...

  8. 23 Nobel-Winning Economists Say Harris Will Be Better ... - AOL

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    The group of 23 Nobel Prize-winning economists outlined a number of reasons why they felt Harris would be better for the U.S. economy than Trump. ... Which presidential candidate or potential ...

  9. Squid giant axon - Wikipedia

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    This increases the space constant (= / ()), leading to faster local depolarization and a faster action potential conduction (= /). [ 6 ] In their Nobel Prize -winning work uncovering ionic mechanism of action potentials, Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley performed experiments on the squid giant axon, using the longfin inshore squid as the model ...