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Clay Armstrong

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#795

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#1373

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#423

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Physiology

#24

World Rank

#89

Historical Rank

#9

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Clay Armstrong's Degrees

PhD Physiology University of California, San Francisco
Bachelors Biology Stanford University

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According to Wikipedia, Clay Margrave Armstrong is an American physiologist and a former student of Andrew Fielding Huxley. Armstrong received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine in 1960. He is currently emeritus professor of physiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also held professorial appointments at Duke University and the University of Rochester.

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Clay Armstrong's Published Works

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Interaction of Tetraethylammonium Ion Derivatives with the Potassium Channels of Giant Axons (1971) (936)
Charge Movement Associated with the Opening and Closing of the Activation Gates of the Na Channels (1974) (714)
Currents Related to Movement of the Gating Particles of the Sodium Channels (1973) (636)
Negative Conductance Caused by Entry of Sodium and Cesium Ions into the Potassium Channels of Squid Axons (1972) (572)
Destruction of Sodium Conductance Inactivation in Squid Axons Perfused with Pronase (1973) (531)
Anomalous Rectification in the Squid Giant Axon Injected with Tetraethylammonium Chloride (1965) (433)
Inactivation of the Potassium Conductance and Related Phenomena Caused by Quaternary Ammonium Ion Injection in Squid Axons (1969) (431)
Voltage-Gated Ion Channels and Electrical Excitability (1998) (327)
The Inner Quaternary Ammonium Ion Receptor in Potassium Channels of the Node of Ranvier (1972) (316)
Properties of two types of calcium channels in clonal pituitary cells (1986) (275)
Time Course of TEA+-Induced Anomalous Rectification in Squid Giant Axons (1966) (267)
Inactivation of the sodium channel (1977) (248)
K+ channels close more slowly in the presence of external K+ and Rb+ (1981) (248)
Interaction of barium ions with potassium channels in squid giant axons. (1980) (219)
Block of squid axon K channels by internally and externally applied barium ions (1982) (212)
Divalent cations and the activation kinetics of potassium channels in squid giant axons (1982) (204)
The Effects of Several Alcohols on the Properties of the Squid Giant Axon (1964) (197)
Fast and slow steps in the activation of sodium channels (1979) (175)
Slowing of sodium channel opening kinetics in squid axon by extracellular zinc (1982) (159)
Access resistance and space clamp problems associated with whole-cell patch clamping. (1992) (157)
Voltage-Gated K Channels (2003) (151)
Two distinct populations of calcium channels in a clonal line of pituitary cells. (1985) (145)
Fast-deactivating calcium channels in chick sensory neurons (1988) (142)
Ion channels: From idea to reality (1999) (133)
Calcium block of Na+ channels and its effect on closing rate. (1999) (127)
Calcium channel block by cadmium in chicken sensory neurons. (1989) (126)
Na channel inactivation from open and closed states (2006) (121)
C-type inactivation of voltage-gated K+ channels: Pore constriction or dilation? (2013) (120)
The Na/K pump, Cl ion, and osmotic stabilization of cells (2003) (119)
Sodium channel gating in clonal pituitary cells. The inactivation step is not voltage dependent (1989) (118)
External calcium ions are required for potassium channel gating in squid neurons. (1987) (117)
Na and Ca channels in a transformed line of anterior pituitary cells (1984) (116)
Synaptically triggered action potentials in dendrites (1993) (108)
Threshold channels—a novel type of sodium channel in squid giant axon (1984) (107)
Gating Currents of the Sodium Channels: Three Ways to Block Them (1974) (106)
Immobilisation of gating charge by a substance that simulates inactivation (1978) (95)
Depolarizing response of rat parathyroid cells to divalent cations (1983) (91)
Survival of K+ permeability and gating currents in squid axons perfused with K+-free media (1980) (89)
Calcium ion as a cofactor in Na channel gating. (1991) (87)
Miniature End-plate Currents in Voltage-clamped Muscle Fibre (1968) (77)
The role of calcium ions in the closing of K channels (1986) (72)
Evidence for a population of sleepy sodium channels in squid axon at low temperature (1982) (69)
Modification of sodium channel gating by lanthanum. Some effects that cannot be explained by surface charge theory (1990) (69)
Loss of shaker K channel conductance in 0 K+ solutions: role of the voltage sensor. (1998) (67)
A model for 4-aminopyridine action on K channels: similarities to tetraethylammonium ion action. (2001) (65)
Dilated and defunct K channels in the absence of K+. (2001) (62)
CURRENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IONIC GATING STRUCTURES IN NERVE MEMBRANE fn1 (1975) (58)
Ion Permeation through Calcium Channels (1991) (56)
The relation between ion permeation and recovery from inactivation of ShakerB K+ channels. (1994) (55)
Do voltage-dependent K+ channels require Ca2+? A critical test employing a heterologous expression system. (1990) (53)
Simulation of Na channel inactivation by thiazine dyes (1982) (52)
Distinguishing surface effects of calcium ion from pore-occupancy effects in Na+ channels. (1999) (51)
Potassium channel "inactivation" induced by soft-glass patch pipettes. (1988) (48)
Killing K channels with TEA+. (1997) (45)
Resolving the gating charge movement associated with late transitions in K channel activation. (2001) (45)
Inactivation in ShakerB K+ channels: a test for the number of inactivating particles on each channel. (1995) (44)
Supercharging: a method for improving patch-clamp performance. (1987) (43)
Ion permeation through calcium channels. A one-site model. (1991) (36)
Mechanism underlying slow kinetics of the OFF gating current in Shaker potassium channel. (2001) (35)
Gating current and potassium channels in the giant axon of the squid. (1980) (33)
A perspective on Na and K channel inactivation (2018) (29)
Evidence for ionic pores in excitable membranes. (1975) (26)
Packaging life: the origin of ion-selective channels. (2015) (25)
Life among the axons. (2007) (24)
Induced Inactivation of the Potassium Permeability of Squid Axon Membranes (1968) (18)
The Cole-Moore Effect: Still Unexplained? (2015) (18)
K+ channel gating: C-type inactivation is enhanced by calcium or lanthanum outside (2014) (18)
The Vision of the Pore (1998) (17)
Dendritic Function: Where does it all begin? (1994) (15)
Block of Shaker potassium channels by external calcium ions (2002) (15)
Reflections on Selectivity (1989) (14)
Sequential Models of Sodium Channel Gating (1984) (13)
Potassium channel block by internal calcium and strontium (1991) (12)
Potassium channel architecture and channel blockers. (1990) (12)
Initial steps in the opening of a Shaker potassium channel (2012) (12)
Potassium currents in dissociated cells of the rat pineal gland (1989) (11)
Fast Inactivation of Delayed Rectifier K Conductance in Squid Giant Axon and Its Cell Bodies (1997) (10)
Revisiting the role of Ca2+ in Shaker K+ channel gating. (2001) (7)
Channels and Pumps Early in Evolution (2005) (6)
Currents recorded through small areas of squid axon membrane with an internal virtual ground voltage clamp. (1981) (6)
A Closer Picture of the K Channel Gate from Ion Trapping Experiments (1997) (5)
Interference of Injected Tetra-n-Propyl-ammonium Bromide with Outward Sodium Ion Current in Squid Giant Axons (1966) (5)
Potassium Channels of Giant Axons (1971) (4)
MODELS OF GATING CURRENT AND SODIUM CONDUCTANCE INACTIVATION (1978) (4)
Charge immobilization caused by modification of internal cysteines in squid Na channels. (1998) (3)
Channels in Clonal Pituitary Cells (1986) (3)
Na+ and K+ Channels: History and Structure. (2021) (3)
Analysis of sodium channel tail currents. (1992) (2)
Chapter 9 A Short History of Ion Channels and Signal Propagation (1999) (1)
INTRAMEMBRANOUS CHARGE MOVEMENT AND CONTROL OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS BY MEMBRANE VOLTAGE (1978) (1)
Some General Properties of Excitable Tissues (1978) (1)
Pore Dilation in C-Type Inactivation of Potassium Channels (2010) (1)
Activation Gates of the Na Channels (2013) (1)
Voltage-Gated Ion Channels Review and Electrical Excitability (1998) (1)
Initial Opening Steps of K+ Channels Probed by Extracellular Multivalent Cations (2012) (1)
Andrew Fielding Huxley (1917–2012) (2012) (0)
SODIUM CHANNELS AND THEIR GATING CURRENT (1981) (0)
Revisiting the Role of Ca 2 1 in Shaker K 1 Channel Gating (2001) (0)
Electrophysiological Studies in Endocrine Cells (1986) (0)
K Channel Activation Kinetics (2013) (0)
Enhancement of C-Type Inactivation by External Ca2+ and La3+ (2014) (0)
The RoleofCalciumIonsin theClosingofK Channels (1986) (0)
Friends of Physiology: An interview with (2005) (0)
AMSTRONG AND HILLE Quaternary Ammonium Ions Inside Node of Ranvier 389 fibers TEA is effective from inside ( Koppenh (2003) (0)
Where does it all begin? Dendrites from a variety of neurons support action potentials, but the role of dendritic electrogenesis in spike initiation remains unclear. (1994) (0)
The Role of K Ions in Opening K Channels (2017) (0)
Na Channel Activation and Inactivation: Role of Domain 4 (2019) (0)
Secretion and its control : Society of General Physiologists, 42nd Annual Symposium, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 7-10 September, 1988 (1989) (0)
Editorial Board (2011) (0)
Sodiumaction potentials inthedendrites ofcerebellar Purkinje cells (1992) (0)

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