A re-examination of the possibility of controlling the firing rate gain of neurons by balancing excitatory and inhibitory conductances

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-77

  Capaday, Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compartment model; Firing rate; Membrane conductance; Neuron excitability; Neuronal gain control

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CATS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEURAL INHIBITION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036249156     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-001-0970-z     Document Type: Article

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