Conceptual circuit models of neurons.
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.
Deng
Bo
B
Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA. bdeng1@math.unl.edu
D016623:Ion Pumps; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*
D016623:Ion Pumps