化学能向电能的转换。

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1976 Jan;73(1):82-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.1.82.

The paper recalls some fundamental notions, developed by Otto Meyerhof, which were used in the analysis of the transduction of chemical into mechanical energy during muscular contraction. These notions formed the basis of the approach to the analysis of the transduction of chemical into electrical energy, i.e., the very principle underlying nerve and muscle excitability and bioelectricity. Instrumental for this purpose was the use, since 1937, of electric organs of fish, a tissue highly specialized for bioelectrogenesis.

该论文回顾了奥托·迈耶霍夫提出的一些基本概念，这些概念曾用于分析肌肉收缩过程中化学能向机械能的转化。这些概念构成了分析化学能向电能转化方法的基础，也就是神经和肌肉兴奋性以及生物电的根本原理。为此，自1937年起使用鱼类的电器官，这是一种高度专门化用于生物电产生的组织。