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Membranes in Optic Nerve Models

Dynamical Systems 2021-06-01 v1

Abstract

Membranes are present in all cells and tissues. Mathematical models of cells and tissues need a compact mathematical description of membranes with a resolution of about 1 nm. Membranes isolate cells because ions have difficulty penetrating the dielectric barrier they create. Here we introduce a dielectric mathematical membrane condition to replace a condition that did not include dielectric properties. Our mathematical membrane condition includes a dielectric lipid bilayer punctured by channels that conduct ions selectively.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2105.14411,
  title  = {Membranes in Optic Nerve Models},
  author = {Yi Zhu and Shixin Xu and Robert S. Eisenberg and Huaxiong Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.14411},
  year   = {2021}
}

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5 pages,1 figure

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