Evaluation of simplified compartmental models of reconstructed neocortical neurons for use in large-scale simulations of biological neural networks

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-17

  Jackson, Mark E ^a   Cauller, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological neural networks; Computational models; Neocortex; Neuronal morphology; Simplified models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 0030804452     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00380-2     Document Type: Article

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