Excitability of the soma in central nervous system neurons

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2998-3010

  Safronov, Boris V ^a   Wolff, Matthias ^a   Vogel, Werner ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT;

EID: 0034046071     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76838-X     Document Type: Article

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