Role of mossy fiber sprouting and mossy cell loss in hyperexcitability: A network model of the dentate gyrus incorporating cell types and axonal topography

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 437-453

  Santhakumar, Vijayalakshmi ^a,b   Aradi, Ildiko ^a   Soltesz, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; SEIZURES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644368127     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00777.2004     Document Type: Article

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