Kaufmann’s and HJ’s thermodynamic theory of the nerve signal posits that the action potential wave front propagates as a reversible elastic process, similar to the propagation of sound, rather than as an irreversible diffusive process like the burning of a fuse of gunpowder.

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• nerve impulse concept
• sound concept