Dempsher J
Acta Biotheor. 1981;30(2):121-137. doi: 10.1007/BF00047676.
The Classical Theory of function in the nervous system postulates that the nerve impulse is the result of a sequential reversal of the membrane potential due to an increased permeability of the membrane, first to sodium ions, then to potassium ions. The new theory presents a bio-physical model which depicts the nerve impulse as an event involving the motions of electrons and waves, and their interactions with sodium and potassium atoms and ions. The velocity of the nerve impulse (the most important parameter of nerve function) is determined by the product of two constants: c = the speed of light, which is a constant for all nerves; k = a constant for each nerve and is believed to be a specific property of nerve matter related in some way to the atomic process. The theory proposes that the nerve impulse in the axon is 'dualistic' in nature (particles and waves play equally significant roles). The dualistic nature accounts for the three most fundamental characteristics of conduction of the nerve impulse: periodicity (conduction of a nerve impulse over long distances with constant velocity and form); non-summing (two nerve impulses cannot be in the same place at the same time); 'quantum nature' of each nerve impulse - i.e., the unit message of the nerve impulse is an indivisible unit.
神经系统功能的经典理论假定，神经冲动是由于膜通透性增加，首先对钠离子，然后对钾离子，膜电位顺序逆转的结果。新理论提出了一个生物物理模型，将神经冲动描绘为一个涉及电子和波的运动以及它们与钠和钾原子及离子相互作用的事件。神经冲动的速度（神经功能的最重要参数）由两个常数的乘积决定：c = 光速，这对所有神经来说都是一个常数；k = 每条神经的一个常数，被认为是神经物质的一种特定属性，在某种程度上与原子过程相关。该理论提出，轴突中的神经冲动本质上是“二元的”（粒子和波起着同等重要的作用）。这种二元性质解释了神经冲动传导的三个最基本特征：周期性（神经冲动以恒定速度和形式在长距离上传导）；非叠加性（两个神经冲动不能同时出现在同一位置）；每个神经冲动的“量子性质”——即神经冲动的单位信息是一个不可分割的单位。
