Stochastically gating ion channels enable patterned spike firing Through activity-dependent modulation of spike probability

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Dudman, Joshua T ^a   Nolan, Matthew F ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; FIRING PATTERNS; FUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONS; IN-VIVO; INDIVIDUAL ION CHANNELS; ION CHANNEL; STOCHASTIC-MODELING; STOCHASTICS; SYNAPTIC INPUT;

NEURONS;

CATION CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHANNEL GATING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; SPIKE WAVE; STELLATE CELL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 61449226465     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000290     Document Type: Article

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