Simulation studies of vestibular macular afferent-discharge patterns using a new, quasi-3-D finite volume method

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-18

  Ross, Muriel D ^a   Linton, Samuel W ^a   Parnas, Bruce R ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Backpropagation; Calyx; Finite volume simulator; Vestibular maculae

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIMULATORS;

CALYX; COLOR-CODED VISUALIZATION; DISCHARGE PATTERNS; FINITE VOLUME SIMULATOR; FINITE-VOLUME; FINITE-VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; PASSIVE VOLTAGE; SIMULATION STUDIES; VESTIBULAR MACULA;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SIMULATION; SPIKE; SYNAPSE; TECHNIQUE; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0034031585     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008976030745     Document Type: Article

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