Small conductance potassium channels cause an activity-dependent spike frequency adaptation and make the transfer function of neurons logarithmic

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1310-1319

  Engel, Jutta ^a   Schultens, Howard A ^b   Schild, Detlev ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Abt Mol Neurophysiol Univ G   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SPIKE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0033014461     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77293-0     Document Type: Article

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