title: Conceptual circuit models of neurons.
abstract: Electronic circuit analogues of biological membranes are presented, by which the passive channels are modeled as parallel and serial combinations of resistors (Ohmic conductors) and diffusors (negative non-Ohmic conductors), and the active channels of the one-way ion pumps are modeled as one-way inductors. We show that our simple analog models can reproduce known phenomena of membrane excitability such as the generation of action potentials and spike bursts.
authors: Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA. bdeng1@math.unl.edu
authors: Bo
authors: B
authors: Deng
mesh_terms: D016623:Ion Pumps; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016623:Ion Pumps