Bioelectronics
Encyclopedia
Bioelectronics is a recently coined term for a field of research that works to establish a synergy between electronics and biology. One of the main forums for information about the field is the Elsevier journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics, published since 1990. The journal describes the scope of bioelectronics as follows:
See also
- Biomedical engineeringBiomedical engineeringBiomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...
- BioelectrochemistryBioelectrochemistryBioelectrochemistry is a branch of electrochemistry concerned with topics like cell electron-proton transport, cell membrane potentials and electrode reactions of redox enzymes.-History:...
- Bioelectrochemical reactorBioelectrochemical reactorBioelectrochemical reactors are a type of bioreactor where bioelectrochemical processes can take place. They are used in bioelectrochemical syntheses, environmental remediation and electrochemical energy conversion...
- ChemotronicsChemotronicsChemotronics is an intersection field of chemistry and electronics dealing with the design of electrochemical and optical chemical sensors. One of pioneers of this field was Alexander Frumkin.-See also:*Bioelectronics...
- Electrochemical engineeringElectrochemical engineeringElectrochemical engineering is the branch of engineering dealing with the technological applications of electrochemical phenomena...
- NeurophysicsNeurophysicsNeurophysics is the branch of biophysics dealing with the nervous system. It covers a wide spectrum of phenomena from molecular and cellular mechanisms to techniques to measure and influence the brain and to theories of brain function...
- Saltatory conductionSaltatory conductionSaltatory conduction is the propagation of action potentials along myelinated axons from one node of Ranvier to the next node, increasing the conduction velocity of action potentials without needing to increase the diameter of an axon.-Mechanism:Because the cytoplasm of the axon is electrically...
- GHK current equationGHK current equationThe Goldman–Hodgkin–Katz flux equation describes the ionic flux carried by an ionic species across a cell membrane as a function of the transmembrane potential and the concentrations of the ion inside and outside of the cell...
- Nernst-Planck equationNernst-Planck equationThe Nernst–Planck equation is a conservation of mass equation used to describe the motion of chemical species in a fluid medium. It describes the flux of ions under the influence of both an ionic concentration gradient \nabla c and an electric field E=-\nabla \phi...
- Hodgkin-Huxley modelHodgkin-Huxley modelThe Hodgkin–Huxley model is a mathematical model that describes how action potentials in neurons are initiated and propagated....
- Muscle toneMuscle toneIn physiology, medicine, and anatomy, muscle tone is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, or the muscle’s resistance to passive stretch during resting state. It helps maintain posture, and it declines during REM sleep.-Purpose:Unconscious nerve impulses maintain the...
- Patch clampPatch clampThe patch clamp technique is a laboratory technique in electrophysiology that allows the study of single or multiple ion channels in cells. The technique can be applied to a wide variety of cells, but is especially useful in the study of excitable cells such as neurons, cardiomyocytes, muscle...
- Quantitative models of the action potentialQuantitative models of the action potentialIn neurophysiology, several mathematical models of the action potential have been developed, which fall into two basic types. The first type seeks to model the experimental data quantitatively, i.e., to reproduce the measurements of current and voltage exactly. The renowned Hodgkin-Huxley model of...
- Cable theoryCable theoryClassical cable theory uses mathematical models to calculate the flow of electric current along passive neuronal fibers particularly dendrites that receive synaptic inputs at different sites and times...