In this paper, the control of dissipation and amplification of solitary waves in an electrical model of microtubule is demonstrated. This model is consisted of a shunt nonlinear resistance-capacitance ($J(V)-C(V)$) circuit and a series resistance-inductance $(R-L$) circuit. Through the linear dispersion analysis, two characters of the network are found, that is low band pass and bandpass characters. The effects of the conductance's parameter $\lambda$ on the linear dispersion curve are also analyzed. It appears that the increase of $\lambda$ induces a decrease (an increase) of the width of the bandpass filter for positive (negative) values of $\lambda$. By applying the reductive perturbation method, we derive the equation governing the dynamics of the modulated waves in the system. This obtained equation is the well-known nonlinear Schrödinger equation extended by a linear term proportional to an hybrid parameter $\sigma$, i.e. dissipation or amplification coefficient. Based on this parameter, we successfully demonstrate the hybrid behavior (dissipation and amplification) of the system. The exact and approximate solitary wave solutions of the obtained equation are derived and the effects of the coefficient $\sigma$ on the characteristic parameters of these waves are investigated. Using the found analytical solutions, we show numerically that the waves that are propagated throughout the system can be dissipated, amplified, or remained stable depending on the network parameters. These results are not only in agreement with the analytical predictions, but also with the existing experimental results in the literature.
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