A simple model of transmitter release and facilitation

Neural Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 515-523

  Bertram, Richard ^a  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DOPAMINE;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BASAL GANGLIA; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031111193     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/neco.1997.9.3.515     Document Type: Article

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