A simple integrative electrophysiological model of bursting GnRH neurons

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-136

  Csercsik, Dávid ^a   Farkas, Imre ^a   Hrabovszky, Erik ^a   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

bursting; dynamic modelling; Gonadotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMPULSE RESPONSE; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

'CURRENT; BURSTING; DYNAMICS MODELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; FAST-TIME; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MODULAR MODELLING; SCALE POTENTIAL; SIMPLE++; TIME-SCALES;

NEURONS;

CALCIUM;

AFTERDISCHARGE; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE NERVE CELL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MODULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; PATCH CLAMP; PERIODIC BURSTING BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL MODEL; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858793290     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: 15736873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-011-0343-y     Document Type: Article

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