Modelled temperature-dependent excitability behaviour of a single ranvier node for a human peripheral sensory nerve fibre

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-58

  Smit, Jacoba E ^a   Hanekom, Tania ^a   Hanekom, Johan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Computational model; Hodgkin Huxley model; Ionic membrane currents; Myelinated nerve fibre; Slow activating potassium current

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FIBERS; MATLAB;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; HODGKIN-HUXLEY MODEL; IONIC MEMBRANE CURRENTS; MYELINATED NERVE FIBRE; SLOW ACTIVATING POTASSIUM CURRENT;

POTASSIUM;

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RANVIER NODE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TEMPERATURE;

HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MATHEMATICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; POTASSIUM; RANVIER'S NODES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 60649109597     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-008-0280-7     Document Type: Article

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