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Suppression of firing activities in neuron and neurons of network induced by electromagnetic radiation

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The electric activities of neurons serve as a foundation for normal brain functions. Electromagnetic radiation has a significant impact on neuronal activity in the brain, especially when cell phone is used extensively. To understand this mechanism, we developed a mathematical model aiming at describing the effect of electromagnetic radiation on neuronal firing activity by introducing an additional membrane current into the Hodgkin–Huxley neuron model. The results show that the neuronal firing activity of a single neuron can be suppressed by electromagnetic radiation. Besides, the spatiotemporal patterns of neuronal network are also suppressed from the stable propagating wave state to a homogeneous resting state. Our studies suggest that the electromagnetic radiation has a suppressive effect on neuronal firing activities, especially on the collective electric activities of neuronal network that is related to information processing.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Jun Ma and Jinzhi Lei for their helpful comments. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11472202 and No.11272242) and the Natural Science Foundation in Shaanxi Province of China (No. S2014JC12575).

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    Jiajia Li, Shaobao Liu, Weiming Liu & Ying Wu

  2. Center for Computational Systems Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China

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Li, J., Liu, S., Liu, W. et al. Suppression of firing activities in neuron and neurons of network induced by electromagnetic radiation. Nonlinear Dyn 83, 801–810 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-015-2368-7

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