Stochasticity and functionality of neural systems: Mathematical modelling of axon growth in the spinal cord of tadpole

BioSystems

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 101-114

  Borisyuk, Roman ^a   Cooke, Tom ^a   Roberts, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon growth; Computational model; Stochastic; Variance

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORRIS-LECAR NEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TADPOLE;

EID: 46849107343     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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