Gap junctions synchronize synaptic input rather than spike output of olivary neurons

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 148, Issue , 2005, Pages 189-197

  Kistler, W M ^a   De Zeeuw, C I ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cerebellum; climbing fibers; complex spikes; Connexin 36; coupling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GAP JUNCTION; INFERIOR OLIVE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 12344286762     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(04)48016-9     Document Type: Review

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