Cell membrane temperature rate sensitivity predicted from the Nernst equation.
A hyperpolarized current is predicted from the Nernst equation for conditions of positive temperature derivatives with respect to time. This ion current, coupled with changes in membrane channel conductivities, is expected to contribute to a transient potential shift across the cell membrane for silent cells and to a change in firing rate for pacemaker cells.
D001831:Body Temperature; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D013997:Time Factors