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-Moore, Joyner, Brill, Waxman, and Najar-Joa. (1978) Simulations of
-conduction in uniform myelinated fibers: Relative sensitivity to
-changes in nodal and internodal parameters.
-Biophys. J. 21:147-160.
-
-This model reproduces figures 2 and 3.
-The standard temperature for the conductance Q10's is not specified
-in the paper. However, fig 3 seems to give quantitatively similar results
-when the choice for the "All Q10's" curve is a standard temperature of 0 degC.
-
-The NEURON implementation of this model was prepared by Michael Hines.
-Questions about details of this implementation should be addressed to him
-at michael.hines@yale.edu.
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+Moore, Joyner, Brill, Waxman, and Najar-Joa. (1978) Simulations of conduction in uniform myelinated fibers: Relative sensitivity to changes in nodal and internodal parameters.
+*Biophys. J.* 21:147-160.
+
+This model reproduces figures 2 and 3.
+The standard temperature for the conductance Q10's is not specified in the paper. However, fig 3 seems to give quantitatively similar results when the choice for the "All Q10's" curve is a standard temperature of 0 degC.
+
+The NEURON implementation of this model was prepared by Michael Hines.
+Questions about details of this implementation should be addressed to him at michael.hines@yale.edu.
+
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+2025-05-27 – Standardized to Markdown.
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