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Simplified estimation of membrane potentials induced by high-frequency electric signals Cover

Simplified estimation of membrane potentials induced by high-frequency electric signals

Open Access
|Dec 2014

Abstract

In this paper we show why the poorly conducting cytoplasmic membranes have little effect on the overall impedance of the tissue above a certain frequency, and derive an estimate of this upper frequency. It is further shown that the induced transmembrane potentials at different sites over the membrane can be found through a simple formula for frequencies above the threshold, without the need to analytically or theoretically model the membranes directly. The findings are validated for an irregular cell shape through rigorous numerical modeling.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5617/jeb.738 | Journal eISSN: 1891-5469
Language: English
Page range: 9 - 13
Submitted on: Jul 3, 2013
Published on: Dec 31, 2014
Published by: University of Oslo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2014 Mehrdad Saviz, Reza Faraji-Dana, published by University of Oslo
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