A VERSION OF HODGKIN-HUXLEY MODEL WITH RE DUCED NUMBER OF PARAMETERS

The time constants of variations in sodium and potassium conductances of neural cell membrane have been investigated as a function of transm embrane potential. It is shown that the dependences can be described b y the model of selforganization and selfregulation in open dynamic sys tems reported early. This approach has two advantages over the empiric al formulae by Hodgkin and Huxley: 1) the number of parameters to be d efined is substantially reduced, which simplifies modeling of real cel ls, and 2) the model involves a particular mechanism by which the tran smembrane potential regulates the time constants of variations in memb rane conductance, which can promote further development of theoretical conceptions of the action potential generation process.