A novel Monte Carlo simulation for molecular interactions and diffusion in postsynaptic spines

Neurocomputing

Volumn 65-66, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 595-602

  Kubota, Yoshihisa ^a   Gaertner, Tara R ^a   Putkey, John A ^a   Waxham, M Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Calmodulin; Dendritic spine; Monte Carlo simulation; Range of action

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING MOLECULES; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; NEUROCOMPUTING; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

NEUROLOGY;

CALMODULIN; NEUROGRANIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMULATOR;

EID: 18144367774     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2004.10.049     Document Type: Article

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