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

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Comment on "On biological signaling" by G. Nimtz and H. Aichmann, Z. Naturforsch. 75a : 507-509, 2020. / Jackson, Andrew D.; Heimburg, Thomas.

In: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. A, A Journal of Physical Sciences, Vol. 75, No. 11, 11.2020, p. 933-935.

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Jackson, AD & Heimburg, T 2020, 'Comment on "On biological signaling" by G. Nimtz and H. Aichmann, Z. Naturforsch. 75a: 507-509, 2020', Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. A, A Journal of Physical Sciences, vol. 75, no. 11, pp. 933-935. https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-2020-0227

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Jackson, A. D., & Heimburg, T. (2020). Comment on "On biological signaling" by G. Nimtz and H. Aichmann, Z. Naturforsch. 75a: 507-509, 2020. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. A, A Journal of Physical Sciences, 75(11), 933-935. https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-2020-0227

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Jackson AD, Heimburg T. Comment on "On biological signaling" by G. Nimtz and H. Aichmann, Z. Naturforsch. 75a: 507-509, 2020. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. A, A Journal of Physical Sciences. 2020 Nov;75(11):933-935. https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-2020-0227

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Jackson, Andrew D. ; Heimburg, Thomas. / Comment on "On biological signaling" by G. Nimtz and H. Aichmann, Z. Naturforsch. 75a : 507-509, 2020. In: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. A, A Journal of Physical Sciences. 2020 ; Vol. 75, No. 11. pp. 933-935.

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title = "Comment on {"}On biological signaling{"} by G. Nimtz and H. Aichmann, Z. Naturforsch. 75a: 507-509, 2020",
abstract = "In 2005, we proposed that the nerve pulse is an electromechanical soliton (T. Heimburg and A. D. Jackson. {"}On soliton propagation in biomembranes and nerves,{"} Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., vol. 102, pp. 9790-9795, 2005). This concept represents a challenge to the well-known electrochemical Hodgkin-Huxley model. The soliton theory was criticized by Nimtz and Aichmann in a recent article in Zeitung fur Naturforschung A (G. Nimtz and H. Aichmann. {"}On biological signaling,{"} Z. Naturforsch. A, vol. 75, pp. 507-509, 2020). Here, we wish to comment on some statements that we regard as misinterpretations of our views.",
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