Modeling synaptic transmission of the tripartite synapse

Physical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Nadkarni, Suhita ^a   Jung, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREDICTION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIPARTITE SYNAPSE;

EID: 34147123579     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/4/1/001     Document Type: Article

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