Periodic solutions and refractory periods in the soliton theory for nerves and the locust femoral nerve

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 153, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 159-167

  Villagran Vargas, Edgar ^a,b   Ludu, Andrei ^a,c   Hustert, Reinhold ^d   Gumrich, Peter ^d   Jackson, Andrew D ^a   Heimburg, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action potential; Membrane elasticity; Solitons; Sound propagation; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LOCUST; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; REFRACTORY PERIOD; THEORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 78651083962     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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