= Alan Hodgkin
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= Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
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= A. L. Hodgkin
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A <physiologist> who coauthored intracellular recordings of <action potentials> in giant <axons>. Recording inside the <axon> against an external reference showed the <membrane potential> during excitation rather than only the external electrical signal.<Action Potentials Recorded from Inside a Nerve Fibre by Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley>[1939, intracellular recording in giant axons]{ref}
A <physiologist> who studied <membrane potentials> and <action potentials>.
Institutional biography: https://www.physoc.org/blog/prize-lecture-memoria-alan-hodgkin/
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