Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te whakaekenga o ngā Rōpū o te Hononga o Wīwī me te haere tonu o
I te mutunga o te pakanga i te ngahuru o te tau 1944 i whakaaro ai a Hodgkin ki te whakamutu i te pakanga, 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.