Sodium dynamics underlying burst firing and putative mechanisms for the regulation of the firing pattern in midbrain dopamine neurons: A computational approach

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-69

  Canavier, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural oscillator; Neuromodulation; Substantia nigra; VTA

Indexed keywords

AMINES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIGITAL STORAGE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BURSTING ACTIVITY; CONDITION; DOPAMINE NEURONS; FIRING PATTERNS; MIDBRAIN; NEGATIVE SLOPE; NEURAL OSCILLATOR; NEUROMODULATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VTA;

SODIUM;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; BARIUM; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER MODEL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0033057161     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008809000182     Document Type: Article

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