The high-conductance state of cortical networks

Neural Computation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-43

  Kumar, Arvind ^a   Schrader, Sven ^a   Aertsen, Ad ^a   Rotter, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Theory and Data Analysis   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37749044130     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: 1530888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/neco.2008.20.1.1     Document Type: Article

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