Molecular diffusion model of neurotransmitter homeostasis around synapses supporting gradients

Neural Computation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 984-1014

  Mohan, Ashwin ^a   Pendyam, Sandeep ^a   Kalivas, Peter W ^b   Nair, Satish S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; HOMEOSTASIS; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; STATISTICS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79952290586     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: 1530888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/NECO_a_00101     Document Type: Letter

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