Variability of excitatory currents due to single-channel noise, receptor number and morphological heterogeneity

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-343

  Trommershauser J ^a   Titz, S ^a   Keller, B U ^a   Zippelius, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035819502     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2222     Document Type: Article

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