Mikhail N Shneider, Mikhail Pekker

Low-Intensity Control of Nerve Tissue Activity (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Our book is written primarily for biologists and physicians but also for physicists, engineers, and students who want to understand the mechanisms of stimulation and signal propagation in nervous tissue. It describes in detail the mechanism of ephaptic coupling, which involves the transmission of excitation from an active neuron to a nearby inactive neuron through a conducting intercellular medium. This connection plays an important role in the functioning of the nervous system.

The book explains how the interaction of the axon membrane with the electric field of low-intensity microwave radiation leads to a redistribution of transmembrane ion channels in the region of the initial segment of the axon, resulting in an increase or decrease in the threshold for action potential excitation, depending on the radiation intensity.

To date, the medical community has gained extensive experience in the treatment of paralyzed patients with spinal cord injuries using external electrodes to initiate relatively low currents to stimulate muscle activity or anesthesia. This book presents a theory that explains this phenomenon and the potential benefits of its application in the medical field.

In recent decades, plasma medicine, which studies the interaction of weakly ionized low-temperature non-equilibrium plasma with cellular ensembles in physiological solutions in Petri dishes, has attracted great interest. Plasma ions entering the solution increase the ion density in the solution, which modifies the osmotic pressure and leads to changes in cell morphology. These changes can lead to variations in membrane dielectric permeability, as well as changes in the resting potential and, consequently, action potential excitation thresholds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750360340
• Artikelnr.: 72554876

Autorenporträt

Dr. Mikhail Shneider has a PhD in Plasma Physics and Chemistry from the All-Union Electrotechnical Institute in Moscow, and he also has a Doctor of Sciences degree in Plasma Physics and Chemistry from the Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Since 1998 up until the present time, Dr. Shneider has been working as a Senior Research Scientist within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University. His research interests are in the theoretical study of discharge physics, gas and hydrodynamics, non-linear optics, and biophysics. He has published about 250 papers and 2 books. He is the recipient of the 2020 AIAA Plasma Dynamics and Lasers Award and Medal.

Dr. Mikhail Pekker has a PhD in physics and mathematics from the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Russia. From 1993-2007, he worked in the Institute of Fusion Studies at the University of Texas, Austin, from 2010 - 2014 at Drexel University and 2015 - 2017 in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at George Washington University. At present he is retired, but still conducts research in gas discharge physics, cavitation, cosmology, and biophysics. Dr. Pekker has more than 100 publications and 1 book.