Coding of odour intensity in a sensory neuron

BioSystems

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 203-210

  Vermeulen, Arthur ^a,b   Lánský, Petr ^c   Tuckwell, Henry ^a,d   Rospars, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cable equation; Olfaction; Sensory coding; Single neuron modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CODING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITE; NERVE FIBER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY NERVE; PHYSICAL MODEL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0342501779     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(96)01647-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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