Figure 3

Memory as a function of the number of ion channels. Data was collected from the literature for the open/closed times for single ion channels, the length of potentials evoked in single cells and the length of potentials in groups of cells in brain slices or mollusk ganglia. The logs of the single ion channel and single cell data were graphed versus the number of ion channels. Cells were estimated to have 10⁶ ion channels. The slope of the line defined by these two points was determined and the length of the potentials in the brain slices and mollusk ganglia were plotted onto the graph.