Analysis of a reduced model of corticotroph action potentials

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-339

  LeBeau, Andrew P ^a,d   Robson, A Bruce ^b   McKinnon, Alan E ^b   Sneyd, James ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CORTICOTROPIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; ENDOCRINE CELL; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032493178     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0656     Document Type: Article

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