A Brownian model of glutamate diffusion in excitatory synapses of hippocampus

BioSystems

Volumn 58, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 67-74

  Ventriglia, Francesco ^a   Di Maio, Vito ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brownian diffusion model; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Langevin equations; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; DRUG RELEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODEL; PROBABILITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME;

EID: 0034514378     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(00)00108-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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