Dynamic-clamp analysis of the effects of convergence on spike timing. II. Few synaptic inputs

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2526-2534

  Xu Friedman, Matthew A ^a,b   Regehr, Wade G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; DYNAMIC CLAMP ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RELIABILITY; SPIKE TIMING; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN STEM; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24944583987     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01308.2004     Document Type: Article

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