Physics – Biological Physics
Scientific paper
2010-06-16
Biophysical Chemistry 153 (2011), 159-167
Physics
Biological Physics
10 pages, 6 Figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.bpc.2010.11.001
Close to melting transitions it is possible to propagate solitary electromechanical pulses which reflect many of the experimental features of the nerve pulse including mechanical dislocations and reversible heat production. Here we show that one also obtains the possibility of periodic pulse generation when the boundary condition for the nerve is the conservation of the overall length of the nerve. This condition generates an undershoot beneath the baseline (`hyperpolarization') and a `refractory period', i.e., a minimum distance between pulses. In this paper, we outline the theory for periodic solutions to the wave equation and compare these results to action potentials from the femoral nerve of the locust (locusta migratoria). In particular, we describe the frequently occurring minimum-distance doublet pulses seen in these neurons and compare them to the periodic pulse solutions.
Gumrich Peter
Heimburg Thomas
Hustert Reinhold
Jackson Andrew D.
Ludu Andrei
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