Spontaneous action potentials due to channel fluctuations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3013-3021

  Chow, Carson C ^a,c   White, John A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0029750732     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79494-8     Document Type: Article

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