On concepts of mathematical physics for modelling signals in axons

In this short paper, the results of the paper by Drab et al. (Eur. Phys. J. E (2022) 45:79) are described in the framework of wave mechanics and mathematical physics based on common understandings. The attention is focused on properties of Boussinesq-type equations, solitons, and peakons. These concepts are supported by several experimental observations.

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