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Mini-Review

The century-old picture of a nerve spike is wrong: filaments fire, before membrane

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Pages 115-120 | Received 14 Mar 2022, Accepted 25 Apr 2022, Published online: 10 May 2022

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Figure 1. (a) Comparison of a classic textbook representation of a nerve spike and (b) most probable structure in reality as per state-of-the-art studies.

Figure 1. (a) Comparison of a classic textbook representation of a nerve spike and (b) most probable structure in reality as per state-of-the-art studies.

Figure 2. (a) Dielectric resonance microscope: biomaterials are kept on a metal or conducting plate. The tip scans through the surface, sending electromagnetic signals of various frequencies to the material and receiving the returned signal post-metal sheet reflection. (b) Coaxial probe and patch clamps are used together while measuring the filamentary firing and membrane firing. (c) The design of a coaxial probe.

Figure 2. (a) Dielectric resonance microscope: biomaterials are kept on a metal or conducting plate. The tip scans through the surface, sending electromagnetic signals of various frequencies to the material and receiving the returned signal post-metal sheet reflection. (b) Coaxial probe and patch clamps are used together while measuring the filamentary firing and membrane firing. (c) The design of a coaxial probe.
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