A multi-compartment model for interneurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Halnes, Geir ^a   Augustinaite, Sigita ^b   Heggelund, Paul ^b   Einevoll, Gaute T ^a   Migliore, Michele ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITION; CORTEXES; CURRENT INJECTIONS; FIRING PATTERNS; GABAERGIC; INFORMATION FLOWS; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MULTI-COMPARTMENT MODELS; RECEPTIVE FIELDS; THALAMOCORTICAL NEURONS;

NEURONS;

ION CHANNEL; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GENICULATE BODIES; INTERNEURONS; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 80053440117     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002160     Document Type: Article

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