A Monte Carlo analysis of calcium dynamics and facilitation in nerve terminals

Neurocomputing

Volumn 38-40, Issue , 2001, Pages 17-22

  Gibson, William G ^a   Farnell, Les ^a   Bennett, Max R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Exocytosis; Facilitation; Monte Carlo; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTEINS;

BUFFERS;

NEUROLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); BUFFER; CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0035383922     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(01)00431-3     Document Type: Article

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