Comparison of CaMKinase II activation in a dendritic spine computed with deterministic and stochastic models of the NMDA synaptic conductance

Neurocomputing

Volumn 32-33, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-7

  Li, Yin ^a   Holmes, William R ^a  

^a Neuroscience Program   (United States)

Author keywords

CaMKII; Dendritic spine; Hippocampus; LTP; NMDA

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CALCIUM DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GRANULE CELL MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; N-METHYL D-ASPARATE;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

CALCIUM; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GRANULE CELL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033941873     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(00)00137-5     Document Type: Article

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