Droplet interface bilayer (VIDEO)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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A droplet interface bilayer (water droplets suspended in oil) served as an early experimental model that produced unexpected electrical signals and helped redirect the research toward neuron membranes involved in memory and learning.

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Duncan Harryman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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