A Coupled Phase-Temperature Model for Dynamics of Transient Neuronal Signal in Mammals Cold Receptor. (28th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kirana, Firman Ahmad; Alatas, Husin; Husein, Irzaman Sulaiman
• Other Names: Shuai Jianwei Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of biophysics. Volume 2016(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-09-28
• Subjects: Biophysics -- Periodicals; Biophysics; Biophysical Phenomena; Biophysics; Periodical; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; 571.4
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/2754249
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-8000

Abstract

Abstract : We propose a theoretical model consisting of coupled differential equation of membrane potential phase and temperature for describing the neuronal signal in mammals cold receptor. Based on the results from previous work by Roper et al., we modified a nonstochastic phase model for cold receptor neuronal signaling dynamics in mammals. We introduce a new set of temperature adjusted functional parameters which allow saturation characteristic at high and low steady temperatures. The modified model also accommodates the transient neuronal signaling process from high to low temperature by introducing a nonlinear differential equation for the "effective temperature" changes which is coupled to the phase differential equation. This simple model can be considered as a candidate for describing qualitatively the physical mechanism of the corresponding transient process.