Modeling of entorhinal cortex and simulation of epileptic activity: Insights into the role of inhibition-related parameters

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 450-461

  Labyt, Etienne ^a   Frogerais, Paul ^a   Uva, Laura ^b   Bellanger, Jean Jacques ^a   Wendling, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational model; Entorhinal cortex (EC); Epilepsy; Experimental model; Neuronal population; Parameter identification

Indexed keywords

ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; NEURONAL POPULATION;

BRAIN MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GUINEA PIG; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GUINEA PIGS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34547113534     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2006.889680     Document Type: Article

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