A simple program for simulating the responses of neurons with arbitrarily structured and active dendritic trees

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-35

  Cai, Yidao ^a   Walsh, Edward J ^a   McGee, Joann ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Active; Compartment model; Dentritic tree; Program

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DENDRITE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031001470     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)02238-3     Document Type: Article

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