Modeling the electrophysiology of suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 445-453

  Choon, Kiat Sim ^a,b   Forger, Daniel B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Circadian rhythm; Model; Neuron; SCN; Sodium inactivation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; ION CURRENT; MOLECULAR CLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34848816465     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730407306041     Document Type: Article

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