Synaptic amplification versus bistability in motoneuron dendritic processing: A top-down modeling approach

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3948-3960

  Shapiro, Nicholas P ^a   Lee, Robert H ^a,b,c  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 34447560063     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00084.2007     Document Type: Article

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