Simulations of the behavior of synaptically driven neurons via time-invariant circuit models

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1282-1287

  Storace, Marco ^a   Bove, Marco ^a   Grattarola, Massimo ^a   Parodi, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurons; Synapses; Time invariant circuit models

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

HODGKIN HUXLEY NEURONS;

NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031542777     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.650000     Document Type: Article

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