Structural inhomogeneities differentially modulate action currents and population spikes initiated in the axon or dendrites

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2809-2820

  Lopez Aguado L ^a,b   Ibarz, J M ^a,b   Varona, P ^a,b   Herreras, O ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MODULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036850308     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00183.2002     Document Type: Article

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