title: A new method for extracting cable parameters from input impedance data.
abstract: We establish conditions under which the input impedance and its first two derivatives, evaluated at the origin, uniquely determine the axial resistance, membrane capacitance, and membrane conductance of a finite uniform cable with one sealed end. We argue that these impedance data are readily available to the experimentalist and we demonstrate the recovery of a cable's electrical parameters from synthetic noisy measurements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA. cox@rice.edu
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D049832:Decapodiformes / Q000502:physiology; D017097:Electric Impedance; D008566:Membranes / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity