Synaptic Integration in Electrically Coupled Neurons

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 646-655

  García Pérez, Elizabeth ^a   Vargas Caballero, Mariana ^a   Velazquez Ulloa, Norma ^a   Minzoni, Antonmaria ^b   De Miguel, Francisco F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INVERTEBRATE; LEECH; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RETZIUS NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347319163     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74142-9     Document Type: Letter

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