MIDIT OFD CATS Modelling, Nonlinear Dynamics Optics and Fluid Dynamics Chaos and Turbulence Studies and Irreversible Thermodynamics Risø National Laboratory Niels Bohr Institute and Technical University of Denmark Building 128 Department of Chemistry Building 321 P.O. Box 49 University of Copenhagen DK-2800 Lyngby DK-4000 Roskilde DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark Denmark Denmark
by Stephane Binczak
LE2I, Mirande-Aile SPI
Universite de Bourgogne
BP 400 21011 Dijon Cedex, France
MIDIT-seminar 494
Thursday, July 5, 2001, 15.00 h
at IMM, Bldg. 305, Room 018, DTU
Abstract: This presentation is dedicated to the study of myelinated nerve fibers. After an introduction to the historical background and to some mathematical modeling, a description of the propagative phenomena will be adressed. Thiswill include illustrations of experimental results obtained using a nonlinear electrical lattice. The study of ephaptic coupling between two adjacent fibers (with current loops) will then be developed, showing that axons are not only a meduim for propagation but also may take part in the computing process of neural information.