On the simulation of large populations of neurons

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-63

  Omurtag, A ^a   Knight, B W ^a,b   Sirovich, L ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS;

CONDITION; CORTICAL NETWORK; DIRECT SIMULATION; INTEGRATE AND FIRES; KINETIC EQUATIONS; LARGE POPULATION; MEMBRANE DYNAMICS; NEURONAL POPULATIONS; PROBABILISTIC DESCRIPTIONS; TRANSMEMBRANES;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; THEORY;

EID: 0034083940     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008964915724     Document Type: Article

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