The determinants of the onset dynamics of action potentials in a computational model

Neuroscience

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1070-1090

  Baranauskas, G ^a   Mukovskiy, A ^b,e   Wolf, F ^c   Volgushev, M ^b,d  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action potential; Axon; Hodgkin Huxley model; Onset dynamics; Simulations; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BACK PROPAGATION; BRAIN CELL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM CURRENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 77952547111     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.02.072     Document Type: Article

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