Simulation analysis of the effects of the simultaneous release of quanta of acetylcholine on the endplate current at the neuromuscular junction

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 59, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 87-94

  Naka, Takashi ^a   Sakamoto, Naoto ^b  

^a Saitama Junior College   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compartment model; Computer simulation; Endplate current; Reaction diffusion system

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

MINIATURE ENDPLATE CURRENT (MEPC); NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 0037052724     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4754(01)00396-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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