Towards a thermodynamic theory of nerve pulse propagation

2009/03/14 by Søren Andersen, Søren S.L. Andersen, Andrew D. Jackson +2 · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Neuroscience · #Action (physics) #Action potential #Biophysics #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Electrophysiology #Ion #Ion channel #Ionic bonding #Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior #Nerve cells #Neuroscience #Non-equilibrium thermodynamics #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Physics #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies #Pulse (music) #Quantum mechanics #Sodium #Sodium channel #Thermodynamics #Voltage

paper · doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.03.002

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Citations

• On soliton propagation in biomembranes and nerves
• A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve
• The positive and negative heat production associated with a nerve impulse
• The action potential in mammalian central neurons
• Visualizing lipid structure and raft domains in living cells with two-photon microscopy
• The stability of solitons in biomembranes and nerves

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• On solutions of a Boussinesq-type equation with displacement-dependent nonlinearities: the case of biomembranes
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• Soliton [wikipedia]