Estimating use-dependent synaptic gain in autonomic ganglia by computational simulation and dynamic-clamp analysis

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2659-2671

  Wheeler, Diek W ^a,b   Kullmann, Paul H M ^a   Horn, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BULLFROG; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONDUCTANCE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SPIKE; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FROG; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RANA CATESBEIANA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 14844315093     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00470.2004     Document Type: Article

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