<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper we show why the poorly conducting cytoplasmic membranes have little effect on the overall impedance of the tissue above a certain frequency, and derive an estimate of this upper frequency. It is further shown that the induced transmembrane potentials at different sites over the membrane can be found through a simple formula for frequencies above the threshold, without the need to analytically or theoretically model the membranes directly. The findings are validated for an irregular cell shape through rigorous numerical modeling.</p></abstract>

In this paper we show why the poorly conducting cytoplasmic membranes have little effect on the overall impedance of the tissue above a certain frequency, and derive an estimate of this upper frequency. It is further shown that the induced transmembrane potentials at different sites over the membrane can be found through a simple formula for frequencies above the threshold, without the need to analytically or theoretically model the membranes directly. The findings are validated for an irregular cell shape through rigorous numerical modeling.

Simplified estimation of membrane potentials induced by high-frequency electric signals

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance

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In this paper we show why the poorly conducting cytoplasmic membranes have little effect on the overall impedance of the tissue above a certain frequency, and...

Simplified estimation of membrane potentials induced by high-frequency electric signals

Article Category: Articles

Published Online: Dec 31, 2014

Page range: 9 - 13

Received: Jul 03, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5617/jeb.738

Keywords
Cytoplasm Membranes, Numerical Modeling, Trans-membrane Potential, High Frequencies

© 2014 Mehrdad Saviz and Reza Faraji-Dana, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Simplified estimation of membrane potentials induced by high-frequency electric signals

Article Category: Articles

Published Online: Dec 31, 2014

Page range: 9 - 13

Received: Jul 03, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5617/jeb.738

KeywordsCytoplasm Membranes, Numerical Modeling, Trans-membrane Potential, High Frequencies

© 2014 Mehrdad Saviz and Reza Faraji-Dana, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Keywords
Cytoplasm Membranes, Numerical Modeling, Trans-membrane Potential, High Frequencies