Computer simulation of noise resulting from random synaptic activities

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-308

  Kohn, André F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algorithms for the simulation of synaptic noise; Computer simulation of neuronal noise; Computer simulation of synaptic noise; Simulation of neuronal noise; Simulation of synaptic noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ALGORITHMS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; INVARIANCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEUROLOGY;

NEURONAL NOISE; SYNAPTIC NOISE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031193783     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(97)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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