Intrinsic bursters increase the robustness of rhythm generation in an excitatory network

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1515-1526

  Purvis, L K ^a,b   Smith, J C ^d   Koizumi, H ^d,e   Butera, R J ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Emory University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33846902039     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00908.2006     Document Type: Article

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