Subrata Ghosh, Pushpendra Singh, Jhimli Manna, Komal Saxena, Pathik Sahoo, Soami Daya Krishnanda, Kanad Ray, Jonathan P Hill, Anirban Bandyopadhyay
In 1907, Lapicque proposed that an electric field passes through the neuronal membrane and transmits a signal. Subsequently, a "snake curve" or spike was used to depict the means by which a linear flat current undergoes a sudden Gaussian or Laplacian peak. This concept has been the accepted scenario for more than 115 years even appearing in textbooks on the subject. It was not noted that the membrane spike should have a cylindrical shape. A nerve spike having a dot shape on membrane surface cannot propagate through a cylindrical surface since it would dissipate instantaneously...
2022: Communicative & Integrative Biology