Control of the repetitive firing in the squid giant axon using electrical fields
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In this research, the aim is to develop a repetitive firing stopper mechanism using electrical fields exerted on the fiber. The Hodgkin – Huxley nerve fiber model is used for modeling the membrane potential behavior. The repetitive firing of the nerve fiber can be stopped using approaches based on the control theory where the nonlinear Hodgkin – Huxley model is used to achieve this goal. The effects of the electrical field are considered as an additive quantity over the equilibrium potentials of the cell membrane channels
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