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Absence of Buckling in Nerve Fiber

General Physics 2019-03-27 v1

Abstract

In this study we give a geometrical model which employs the smoothness of nerve fibers as differentiable curves. We show that a nerve fiber may encounter large curvature due to the possible helicial bending and hence it could cause the fiber to buckle. However, its membrane structure provides a mechanism, entirely geometrical to avoid it. To overcome the challenge of emerging helix we project it into a plane.

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@article{arxiv.1809.10556,
  title  = {Absence of Buckling in Nerve Fiber},
  author = {S. Habib Mazharimousavi and M. Halilsoy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.10556},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

7 pages no figure. Final version presented at The 10th International Physics Conference of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU10), 26-30 August 2018. To be published in AIP Conference Proceedings