On the dynamics of electrically-coupled neurons with inhibitory synapses

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-61

  Gao, Juan ^a   Holmes, Philip ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation diagrams; Electrical coupling; Inhibitory synapses; Integrate and fire models; Poincar maps

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); NEURONS;

BIFURCATION DIAGRAM; COUPLED NETWORKS; COUPLED NEURONS; ELECTRICAL COUPLING; GAP-JUNCTIONS; INHIBITORY SYNAPSIS; INTEGRATE-AND-FIRE MODEL; POINCARÉ MAP; SPLAY STATE; SUBTHRESHOLD;

DELTA FUNCTIONS;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33845884817     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-006-9676-3     Document Type: Article

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