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TABLE A2.

Typical parameter values for muscle sodium channels

Parameter	Value	Dimension
P_Cl	(1 − 5) × 10⁻⁶	cm/sec
$\bar{P_{N a}}$	2 × 10⁻⁴ − 2 × 10⁻³	cm/sec
${\bar{α}}_{m}$	0.13	ms⁻¹
${\bar{V}}_{m}$	−40	mV
$k_{α m}$	4	mV
${\bar{β}}_{m}$	0.7	ms⁻¹
$k_{β m}$	6	mV
${\bar{α}}_{h}$	2 × 10⁻⁴	ms⁻¹
${\bar{V}}_{h}$	−19	mV
$k_{α h}$	7.6	mV
${\bar{β}}_{h 1}$	9	ms⁻¹
${\bar{β}}_{h 2}$	0.08	(mV × ms)⁻¹
$k_{β h}$	20	mV
[Na]_o	78	mM
[Na]_i	13	mM

Parameter	Value	Dimension
P_Cl	(1 − 5) × 10⁻⁶	cm/sec
$\bar{P_{N a}}$	2 × 10⁻⁴ − 2 × 10⁻³	cm/sec
${\bar{α}}_{m}$	0.13	ms⁻¹
${\bar{V}}_{m}$	−40	mV
$k_{α m}$	4	mV
${\bar{β}}_{m}$	0.7	ms⁻¹
$k_{β m}$	6	mV
${\bar{α}}_{h}$	2 × 10⁻⁴	ms⁻¹
${\bar{V}}_{h}$	−19	mV
$k_{α h}$	7.6	mV
${\bar{β}}_{h 1}$	9	ms⁻¹
${\bar{β}}_{h 2}$	0.08	(mV × ms)⁻¹
$k_{β h}$	20	mV
[Na]_o	78	mM
[Na]_i	13	mM

See Results for specific deviations from these values.