2011
Volume 11, Number 1, p.p. 18–25
A physical model of neuroreceptor functioning
N.S. Vassilieva-Vashakmadze, R.A. Gakhokidze* and D.T. Vashakmadze-Veronese
Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Chavchavadze Ave 3, Tbilisi, Georgia
This work investigates the internal relationship between the electric polarizability and mechanical deformability of neuroreceptors. A dynamical model of the possible mechanism of action of neuroreceptors is proposed, based on this relationship. It was concluded that the form of the action potential (spike) of a nerve impulse depends on structural parameters. A certain form of the action potential characterizes every type of neuroreceptor. Therefore, we can assume that every form corresponds to an element of a sense code. The integral signal was obtained via electroencephalograms, which result from summing a large number of elementary signals. Therefore, by knowing the form of an elementary signal, an adequate decoding of an electroencephalogram can be implemented.
Keywords: electromagnetic features of neuroreceptor, mechanism of neuron functioning, neuron, neuroreceptor, sense code