Steep decrease in the specific membrane resistance in the apical dendrites of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-95

  Omori, Toshiaki ^a,b   Aonishi, Toru ^b,c   Miyakawa, Hiroyoshi ^d   Inoue, Masashi ^d   Okada, Masato ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Detailed compartment model; EPSP spread; Extracellular electric field; Hippocampus; Passive membrane property; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENDRITE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 64249144552     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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