Information transport by sine-Gordon solitons in microtubules

被引:19
作者
Abdalla, E
Maroufi, B
Melgar, BC
Sedra, MB
机构
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, BR-05315970 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[2] Fac Sci Rabat, Lab UFR Phys Hautes Energies, Rabat, Morocco
[3] Fac Sci Kenitra, Dept Phys, LPTA, Kenitra, Morocco
来源
PHYSICA A | 2001年 / 301卷 / 1-4期
基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
information theory; microtubules; brain; solitons;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00399-5
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study the problem of information propagation in brain microtubules. After considering the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a fluid of permanent electric dipoles, the problem reduces to the sine-Gordon wave equation in one space and one time dimensions. The problem of propagation of information is thus set. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:169 / 173
页数:5
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