Regulation of information passing by synaptic transmission: A short review

Brain Research

Volumn 1225, Issue , 2008, Pages 26-38

  Di Maio, Vito ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neural coding; Neural information processing; Neuronal modelling; Synaptic competition; Synaptic integration; Synaptic interaction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL INTERACTION; DENDRITIC CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 48549102769     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.016     Document Type: Review

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