Impact of Fast Sodium Channel Inactivation on Spike Threshold Dynamics and Synaptic Integration

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  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

DYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; SODIUM;

INPUT-OUTPUT PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURON SPIKE; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; POST-SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PRESYNAPTIC; SODIUM CHANNEL; SYNAPTIC INTEGRATION; THRESHOLD DYNAMICS; THRESHOLD-VALUE;

NEURONS;

SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.6;

ARTICLE; FACILITATION; FAST SODIUM CHANNEL INACTIVATION; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEURON SPIKE; POSTINHIBITORY FACILITATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SPIKE THRESHOLD; SPIKE WAVE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CYTOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATABASES, FACTUAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79958199064     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001129     Document Type: Article

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