title: Proton Hopping as the Nerve Conduction Message.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The article proposes a new concept explaining nerve conduction information. The conduction is based upon proton hopping, the fastest known chemical reaction. A summary of the proton hopping at several parts of the nerve structure are described.
  
  
  METHODS
  The details of each part of the nerve system are described in the article.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A summary of the parts of the nerve structure involving the role of proton hopping, are expressed to give a complete picture of the nerve function and the role of proton hopping.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An overall description of the function of the nerve is described in terms of the role of proton hopping as the mechanism of message passage.
authors: Institute of Structural Biology and Drug Discovery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. lbkier@vcu.edu.
authors: Lemont B
authors: LB
authors: Kier
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D011522:Protons; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
chemical_list: D011522:Protons