Dendritic excitability and neuronal morphology as determinants of synaptic efficacy

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1847-1866

  Komendantov, Alexander O ^a   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GRANULE CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 65949124015     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01235.2007     Document Type: Article

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