Low-amplitude oscillations in the inferior olive: A model based on electrical coupling of neurons with heterogeneous channel densities

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2736-2752

  Manor, Yair ^a,c   Rinzel, John ^b   Segev, Idan ^a   Yarom, Yosef ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INFERIOR OLIVE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0030912353     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.5.2736     Document Type: Article

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