Computer simulation of the responses of human motoneurons to composite 1A EPSPS: Effects of background firing rate

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 405-420

  Jones, Kelvin E ^a   Bawa, Parveen ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTONEURON; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0031037161     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.1.405     Document Type: Article

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