On Effect of Chloroform on Electrical Activity of Proteinoids
Panagiotis Mougkogiannis,
Andrew Adamatzky
Abstract:Proteinoids, or thermal proteins, produce hollow microspheres in aqueous solutions. Ensembles of the microspheres produce endogenous spikes of electrical activity, similar to that of neurons. To make the first step toward the evaluation of the mechanisms of such electrical behaviour, we decided to expose proteinoids to chloroform. We found that while chloroform does not inhibit the electrical oscillations of proteinoids, it causes substantial changes in the patterns of electrical activity. Namely, incremental … Show more
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