NeuroML: A language for describing data driven models of neurons and networks with a high degree of biological detail

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Gleeson, Padraig ^a   Crook, Sharon ^b   Cannon, Robert C ^c   Hines, Michael L ^d   Billings, Guy O ^a   Farinella, Matteo ^a   Morse, Thomas M ^e   Davison, Andrew P ^f   Ray, Subhasis ^g   Bhalla, Upinder S ^g   Barnes, Simon R ^a   Dimitrova, Yoana D ^a   Silver, R Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Textensor Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d Yale University   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; NEURONS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; XML;

DATA DRIVEN; DATA-DRIVEN MODEL; DETAILED MODELS; ELECTRICAL BEHAVIORS; ION CHANNEL; NETWORK MODELS; NEURONAL MODELING; REUSE; SINGLE-NETWORKS; SINGLE-NEURON MODELS;

SIMULATORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MARKUP LANGUAGE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; SIMULATOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THALAMUS;

CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; THALAMUS;

EID: 77955483472     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000815     Document Type: Article

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