Role of an A-type K+ conductance in the back-propagation of action potentials in the dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-15

  Migliore, M ^a   Hoffman, D A ^b,d   Magee, J C ^c   Johnston, D ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action potential; Associative interactions; Back propagation; Computational model; K(A) conductance

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORESTRY; NEURONS;

ACTION-POTENTIALS; ASSOCIATIVE INTERACTIONS; BACK PROPAGATION; CA1 PYRAMIDAL NEURON; COMPARTMENTAL MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; DENDRITICS; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; K(A) CONDUCTANCE; PYRAMIDAL NEURON;

BACKPROPAGATION;

POTASSIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032840150     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008906225285     Document Type: Article

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