Ion-channel noise places limits on the miniaturization of the brain's wiring

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1143-1149

  Faisal, A Aldo ^a   White, John A ^b   Laughlin, Simon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ION CHANNELS; MAMMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 20544431553     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.05.056     Document Type: Article

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