Modeling of spontaneous activity in developing spinal cord using activity-dependent depression in an excitatory network

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3041-3056

  Tabak, Joël ^a,d   Senn, Walter ^b   O'Donovan, Michael J ^a   Rinzel, John ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Developing spinal network; Oscillations; Rate model; Recurrent excitation; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0034655174     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-08-03041.2000     Document Type: Article

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