STDP in a bistable synapse model based on CaMKII and associated signaling pathways

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2299-2323

  Graupner, Michael ^a,b,c   Brunel, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CALMODULIN; ENZYMES; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ASSOCIATED SIGNALING; BISTABLES; CA 2+; DEPHOSPHORYLATIONS; MODEL-BASED OPC; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SIGNALING; SIGNALING CASCADES; SIGNALLING PATHWAYS; SPIKE TIMING DEPENDENT PLASTICITIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE TIMING DEPENDENT PLASTICITY; SYNAPSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 36949013689     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030221     Document Type: Article

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