A simple computer model of excitable synaptically connected neurons

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Kudela, Pawel ^a   Franaszczuk, Piotr J ^a,b   Bergey, Gregory K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031180593     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050368     Document Type: Article

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