How membrane properties shape the discharge of motoneurons: A detailed analytical study

Neural Computation

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2383-2420

  Meunier, Claude ^a   Borejsza, Karol ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNAPSE; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POTASSIUM; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25144497018     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0899766054796923     Document Type: Article

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