Inhibition potentiates the synchronizing action of electrical synapses

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue NOV, 2007, Pages

  Pfeuty, Benjamin ^a,e   David, Golomb ^b   Mato, Germán ^c   Hansel, David ^a,d  

^a LIPADE   (France)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical dynamics; Gamma oscillations; Gap junction; Inhibitory interneurons; Network model; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

GAMMA OSCILLATIONS; GAP-JUNCTION; INHIBITORY INTERNEURONS; NETWORK MODELING; SYNCHRONY;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; NEURONS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 77954065633     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.10/008.2007     Document Type: Article

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