Molecular mechanisms of nerve excitation and conduction.
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Animals↗
Biomedical subjects
L Y Wei
Publications and source records attributed to L Y Wei.
Electric dipole theory of chemical synaptic transmission.
In this paper we propose that chemicals such as acetylcholine are electric dipoles which when oriented and arranged in a large array could produce an electric field strong enough to drive positive ions over the junction barrier of the post-synaptic membrane and thus initiate excitation or produce depolarization. This theory is able to explain a great number of facts such as cleft size, synaptic delay, nonregeneration, subthreshold integration, facilitation with repetition, and the calcium and magnesium effects. It also shows why and how acetylcholine could act as excitatory or inhibitory transmitters under different circumstances. Our conclusion is that the nature of synaptic transmission is essentially electrical, be it mediated by electrical or chemical transmitters.
Acetylcholine↗
Possibility of electron tunneling through a nerve membrane.
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Animals↗
Theoretical foundation of Chinese medicine: a modern interpretation.
The theoretical foundation of Chinese medicine as laid down in Hwang Ti Nei Ching is presented and interpreted here in modern language and conception. Our attempt is to bring Chinese medicine in harmony with Western science. Three Yin-Yang laws are formulated based on I Ching and Nei Ching and are justified from physics, mathematics and biology. The Wu-Hsing dynamic model is explained on the basis of dynamic interactions rather than static elements. The Ching-Lo doctrine is stressed upon its apparent correlations with the autonomic nervous system. Finally, the Chi is taken to play a role in life as the fields (gravitational, magnetic, nuclear, etc.) do in the physical world.
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Electronic diagnoser of arterial pulse.
An electronic diagnoser of the arterial pulse has been designed to give three outputs: pulse amplitude, instantaneous pulse rate (IPR) and spectral energy ratios (SER) at 5 and 10 Hz. The information thus provided will be useful for diagnosing many kinds of disease in the human body.
Electronics, Medical↗