Coupled noisy spiking neurons as velocity-controlled oscillators in a model of grid cell spatial firing

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 13850-13860

  Zilli, Eric A ^a   Hasselmo, Michael E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GAP JUNCTION; GRID CELL SPATIAL FIRING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NOISE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STELLATE CELL; VELOCITY; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77958064064     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0547-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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