Synaptic shot noise and conductance fluctuations affect the membrane voltage with equal significance

Neural Computation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 923-947

  Richardson, Magnus J E ^a   Gerstner, Wulfram ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 17144405327     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0899766053429444     Document Type: Article

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