The significance of bioelectricity on all levels of organization of an organism. Part 1: From the subcellular level to cells

Richard H W Funk; Felix Scholkmann

doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2022.12.002

The significance of bioelectricity on all levels of organization of an organism. Part 1: From the subcellular level to cells

Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2023 Jan:177:185-201. doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2022.12.002. Epub 2022 Dec 5.

Authors

Richard H W Funk¹, Felix Scholkmann²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Anatomy, Center for Theoretical Medicine, TU-Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany; Dresden International University, 01067, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: Richard.Funk@tu-dresden.de.
² Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory, Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: Felix.Scholkmann@usz.ch.

PMID: 36481271
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2022.12.002

Abstract

Bioelectricity plays an essential role in the structural and functional organization of biological organisms. In this first article of our three-part series, we summarize the importance of bioelectricity for the basic structural level of biological organization, i.e. from the subcellular level (charges, ion channels, molecules and cell organelles) to cells.

Keywords: Bioelectricity; Bioelectromagnetics; Biophysics; Cells; Charges; Molecules.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Electrophysiological Phenomena*
Ion Channels*
Organelles

Substances

Ion Channels