Multiple spike initiation zones in a neuron implicated in learning in the leech: A computational model

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Crisp, Kevin M ^a  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Divalent cations; Electrical coupling; Excitability; Positive feedback; SNNAP

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATIONS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; INTERNEURONS; LEARNING; LEECHES; LYSINE; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 62949184793     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10158-008-0084-4     Document Type: Article

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