The role of ion channels in the transmission of signals along axons
This work proposes a two-dimensional electrophysiological model for describing neuronal responses to external electric stimuli under patch-clamped conditions. Our proposed model successfully captures the key features of the Hodgkin-Huxley model, while offering improved informativeness and numerical efficiency. By analysing bifurcation diagrams from various reduced models, we describe the contributions of different ionic channels to the stability or instability of the neurones' response. We also explore the influence of various cell parameters in the neurone's spiking frequency, including the membrane capacitance and the ionic channels' conductivities and Nerst potentials. Additionally, we suggest a spatial model for the axon that effectively simulates unidirectional signal transmission along neurons unaffected by membrane potential perturbations. After analysing the characteristics of this compartmental model, including the impact of intracellular resistance and membrane capacitance on the signal's velocity, we observed considerable discrepancies between our findings and those predicted by the cable equation model for signal propagation. Moreover, our investigation reveals that when the transmission of neuronal signals occurs in multiple peaks, there is a transient variation in their wavelength and frequency, resulting in different peak velocities. Furthermore, our findings consistently demonstrate that the first peak - in some cases, the only peak observed - maintains a relatively constant velocity along the axon regardless of the stimulus intensity and is always faster than the subsequent peaks.
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