Impulses and pressure waves cause excitement and conduction in the nervous system

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 768-772

  Barz, Helmut ^a,b   Schreiber, Almut ^c   Barz, Ulrich ^d  

^a Dietrich Bonhoeffer Hospital ^*  (Germany)

^b Dietrich Bonhoeffer Hospital   (Germany)

^c Institut für Arbeits und Sozialhygiene   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ION CHANNEL;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

EID: 84886784474     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.07.049     Document Type: Article

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