WSEAS Transactions on Biology and Biomedicine
Print ISSN: 1109-9518, E-ISSN: 2224-2902
Volume 14, 2017
Electrophysical Generation of Pulse and Plateau Potentials in Noctiluca
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Abstract: This paper presents electrophysical potential generation in noctiluca. Dynamic modelling is composed of three electrical zones and two depletion layers (liquid junctions) induced in cytoplasm. Stimulus-sensitive and voltage-dependent ion channels are settled at the membrane around cytopharynx and tentacle. Equivalent circuits of activity are given by an input forward diode and an output reverse diode with current source to drive output resistance. These diodes correspond to the first and the second depletion layers. Typical potential outputs are featured by pulse and plateau with bipolar (positive and negative) potentials defined by Na+ and Cl− ion channels driven by the first and the second messengers. Outputs of pulse and plateau with positive and negative potentials are realized by this model.
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Keywords: Noctiluca, electrophysical activity, depletion layer (liquid junction), Na+ and Cl- ion channels, pulse and plateau with positive and negative potentials, the first and the second messengers, motions of tentacle.
Pages: 13-18
WSEAS Transactions on Biology and Biomedicine, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-9518 / 2224-2902, Volume 14, 2017, Art. #3