Abstract:
The phenomena of mechanical to electrical transduction is a common response of nervous tissue. In gathering information from environment these tissues are specialized to respond in a fashion like mechanical to electrical transducer. However, it has been demonstrated that this phenomena is related with the intrinsic behavior of membrane itself and observed in different membrane preparations. In this thesis a review of the phenomena and models proposed by other investigators is made and a model which seems to explain it is proposed. In order to test the predictions of model, an experimental setup and a methodological approach to conduct the experiment is presented and suggestions are made for future work on this subject.
