Information transport by sine-Gordon solitons in microtubules

Authors
Abdalla, E Maroufi, B Melgar, BC Sedra, MB
Citation
E. Abdalla et al., Information transport by sine-Gordon solitons in microtubules, PHYSICA A, 301(1-4), 2001, pp. 169-173
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICA A
ISSN journal
03784371 → ACNP
Volume
301
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
169 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(200112)301:1-4<169:ITBSSI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We study the problem of information propagation in brain microtubules. Afte r considering the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a fluid of perman ent electric dipoles, the problem reduces to the sine-Gordon wave equation in one space and one time dimensions. The problem of propagation of informa tion is thus set. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.