[Technical simulation of intensity-duration curves with a model based on the membrane theory]

In earlier studies using a simplified black-box model, new concepts about the shape of I-T curves following electrical stimulation were developed. This model, however, was incompatible with the modern membrane theory of Hodkin and Huxley. The present paper describes a computer-aided simulation of the excitation process, based exclusively on the experimental results of Hdokin and Huxley. The simulated I-T curves do confirm the conclusions of the black-box model.