Comment on 'On biological signaling' by G. Nimtz and H. Aichmann, Z. Naturforsch. 75a: 507-509, 2020

TL;DR

This paper defends the soliton model of nerve pulses against recent criticisms, emphasizing its electromechanical nature as an alternative to the electrical Hodgkin-Huxley model.

Contribution

It clarifies and advocates for the soliton theory of nerve pulses, addressing misinterpretations in recent critiques.

Findings

Soliton model offers an electromechanical explanation for nerve pulses.

Critiques of the soliton theory are addressed and clarified.

The model challenges the purely electrical Hodgkin-Huxley framework.

Abstract

In 2005, we proposed that the nerve pulse is an electromechanical soliton. This concept represents a challenge to the well-known Hodgkin-Huxley model which is of a purely electrical nature. The soliton theory was criticized by Nimtz and Aichmann in a recent article in Zeitung f\"ur Naturforschung A. Here, we wish to comment on some statements that we regard as misinterpretations of our views.