A qualitative comparison of some diffusion models for neural activity via stochastic ordering

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 543-551

  Sacerdote, Laura ^a   Smith, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0034546809     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220000179     Document Type: Article

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