Analytical solutions of the Frankenhaeuser-Huxley equations. I. Minimal model for backpropagation of action potentials in sparsely excitable dendrites

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-299

  Poznanski, Roman R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Analytical solutions; Cable theory; Dendrites; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

MONOVALENT CATION; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DIFFUSION; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 4644324639     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635204000439     Document Type: Review

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