Modelling the In vivo Spike Activity of Phasically-Firing Vasopressin Cells

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1290-1300

  Clayton, T F ^a   Murray, A F ^a   Leng, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Hypothalamus; Magnocellular neurone; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; VASOPRESSIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 78649507277     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02080.x     Document Type: Article

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