Activation of intrinsic and synaptic currents in Leech heart interneurons by realistic waveforms

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4958-4970

  Olsen, Øystein H ^a   Calabrese, Ronald L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

central pattern generator (CPG); graded synapse; h current; model; neural oscillator; voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; COMPUTER MODEL; HEART; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; LEECH; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029781859     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-04958.1996     Document Type: Article

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