• DocumentCode
    1829116
  • Title

    Biological codes for stretch

  • Author

    Craelius, William

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Med., State Univ. of New York Health Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    9-12 Nov 1989
  • Firstpage
    1370
  • Abstract
    The molecular behavior of mechanically activated ionic channels is compared with the cellular behavior of stretch receptor neurons. Both systems have a pulse-code-modulated output and both can be modeled, to a degree, as leaky integrators. The model states that stretch, represented by m(t) along with a random function x(t ), is integrated by the closed 1 state of the channel. The interval between bursts is determined by threshold, T. Thus the channel transduces stretch through a closed state and encodes it through an open state
  • Keywords
    mechanoception; neurophysiology; physiological models; biological codes; bursts; cellular behavior; leaky integrators; mechanically activated ionic channels; molecular behavior; pulse-code-modulated output; random function; threshold; Biological information theory; Biological system modeling; Biomembranes; Engineering in medicine and biology; Frequency; Fungi; Neurons; Physiology; Pulse modulation; Transducers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96245
  • Filename
    96245
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1829116