A threshold equation for action potential initiation

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 25-

  Platkiewicz, Jonathan ^a,b   Brette, Romain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; IONS;

ACTION POTENTIAL INITIATIONS; CHANNEL ACTIVATION; CHANNEL CONDUCTANCE; GATED CHANNELS; IONIC CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NA+ CHANNEL; PROPERTY; THRESHOLD EQUATION; THRESHOLD MODULATION;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.6; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.8; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 78049262157     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000850     Document Type: Article

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