The interaction between membrane kinetics and membrane geometry in the transmission of action potentials in non-uniform excitable fibres: A finite element approach

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-117

  Altenberger, R ^a   Lindsay, K A ^b   Ogden, J M ^b   Rosenberg, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal inhomogeneity; Finite elements; Hodgkin Huxley; Morris Lecar; Propagated action potential; Reflected waves; Stochastic spike train; Travelling waves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ION CURRENT; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE MODEL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0035892551     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(01)00456-3     Document Type: Article

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