Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te whakaekenga o ngā ope a te Rōpū Taua ki Wīwī, me te haere tonu o to rātau anga whakamua ki Tiamana
i te ngahuru o te tau 1944 i whakaaro ai he mutunga o te pakanga i roto i te heke mai, ka timata a Hodgkin ki te whakamahere i tana hokinga ki te mahi rangahau i Cambridge. I whakahoutia e ia tana mahi tahi me W. A. H. Rushton a ka whakaputahia e raua he tuhinga mo te tatau i te aukati membrane o te muka nerve, te kaha o te membrane, te aukati o tana axoplasm, me te aukati o te wai o waho e whakanohoia ana te muka, mai i nga kitenga whakamatautau.