Functional modeling of astrocytes in epilepsy: A feedback system perspective

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1131-1139

  Amiri, Mahmood ^a   Bahrami, Fariba ^a   Janahmadi, Mahyar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Epilepsy; Functional modeling; Thalamocortical model

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; EPILEPSY; FEEDBACK SYSTEMS; FIRING FREQUENCY; FUNCTIONAL MODELING; GLIAL CELLS; MODIFIED MODEL; NEURAL POPULATIONS; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; REGULATORY FEEDBACK LOOPS; SIGNALING FUNCTIONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL MODEL;

PATHOLOGY;

NEURONS;

EID: 80054113151     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00521-010-0479-0     Document Type: Article

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