On the role of astrocytes in synchronization of two coupled neurons: A mathematical perspective

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-166

  Amiri, Mahmood ^a,b   Montaseri, Ghazal ^c   Bahrami, Fariba ^c  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Functional modeling; Mathematical analysis; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; COUPLED NEURONS; DEVELOPED MODEL; EXCITATION LEVELS; FUNCTIONAL MODELING; GLIAL CELLS; INPUT CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORRIS-LECAR NEURON MODELS; NETWORK MODELS; NEURAL ACTIVITY; NEURONAL NETWORKS; REGULATORY FEEDBACK LOOPS; SIGNALING FUNCTIONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BRAIN; NEURONS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80755153726     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-011-0455-5     Document Type: Review

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