How voltage-dependent conductances can adapt to maximize the information encoded by neuronal firing rate

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 521-527

  Stemmler, Martin ^a   Koch, Christof ^b  

^a Institute for Biology   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 0033363928     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9173     Document Type: Article

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