Comment on "Penetration of Action Potentials During Collision in the Median and Lateral Giant Axons of Invertebrates"
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Comment on "Penetration of Action Potentials During Collision in the Median and Lateral Giant Axons of Invertebrates". / Berg, Rune W.; Stauning, Marius Tving; Sorensen, Jakob Balslev; Jahnsen, Henrik.
In: Physical Review X, Vol. 7, No. 2, 028001, 2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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T1 - Comment on "Penetration of Action Potentials During Collision in the Median and Lateral Giant Axons of Invertebrates"
AU - Berg, Rune W.
AU - Stauning, Marius Tving
AU - Sorensen, Jakob Balslev
AU - Jahnsen, Henrik
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The action potential (AP) is an electrical impulse elicited by depolarization of the neuronal membrane from the resting membrane potential (around − 70 mV). It propagates along the axon, allowing for rapid and distant communication. Recently, it was claimed that two APs traveling in opposite direction will pass unhindered through each other (penetrate) upon collision [Gonzalez-Perez et al.Phys. Rev. X 4, 031047 (2014)]. We tested this claim under carefully controlled conditions and found that we cannot reproduce penetration. Instead, APs consistently annihilated upon collision. This is consistent with a vast body of literature.
AB - The action potential (AP) is an electrical impulse elicited by depolarization of the neuronal membrane from the resting membrane potential (around − 70 mV). It propagates along the axon, allowing for rapid and distant communication. Recently, it was claimed that two APs traveling in opposite direction will pass unhindered through each other (penetrate) upon collision [Gonzalez-Perez et al.Phys. Rev. X 4, 031047 (2014)]. We tested this claim under carefully controlled conditions and found that we cannot reproduce penetration. Instead, APs consistently annihilated upon collision. This is consistent with a vast body of literature.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.028001
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.028001
M3 - Comment/debate
VL - 7
JO - Physical Review X
JF - Physical Review X
SN - 2160-3308
IS - 2
M1 - 028001
ER -
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