A computational study on the role of gap junctions and rod Ih conductance in the enhancement of the dynamic range of the retina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Publio, Rodrigo ^a   Oliveira, Rodrigo F ^b   Roque, Antonio C ^c  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

VERTEBRATA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 70349498521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006970     Document Type: Article

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