Role of dendritic spines in action potential backpropagation: A numerical simulation study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2834-2845

  Tsay, David ^a   Yuste, Rafael ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENDRITIC SPINE; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036849023     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00781.2001     Document Type: Article

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