Virtual NEURON: A strategy for merged biochemical and electrophysiological modeling

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 385-400

  Brown, Sherry Ann ^a   Moraru, Ion I ^a   Schaff, James C ^a   Loew, Leslie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical simulation; Compartmental modeling; Electrophysiology modeling; Model reduction; NEURON; Virtual Cell

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL SIGNALING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GEOMETRY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

% REDUCTIONS; BIOCHEMICAL MODEL; BIOCHEMICAL SIMULATIONS; COMPARTMENTAL MODELLING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY MODELING; MODEL REDUCTION; PURKINJE NEURONS; REDUCED MODEL; VIRTUAL CELLS;

NEURONS;

INOSITOL PHOSPHATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; DENDRITIC SPINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PURKINJE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 83055176822     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: 15736873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-011-0317-0     Document Type: Article

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