Channel noise in neurons

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 131-137

  White, John A ^a   Rubinstein, Jay T ^b   Kay, Alan R ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

CHANNEL GATING; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOUND; STATISTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034159903     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(99)01521-0     Document Type: Review

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