A computational model to investigate Astrocytic glutamate uptake influence on synaptic transmission and neuronal spiking

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUGUST, 2012, Pages

  Allam, Sushmita L ^a   Ghaderi, Viviane S ^a   Bouteiller, Jean Marie C ^a,b,c   Legendre, Arnaud ^c   Ambert, Nicolas ^c   Greget, Renaud ^c   Bischoff, Serge ^c   Baudry, Michel ^b,c,d   Berger, Theodore W ^a,b,c  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Rhenovia Pharma   (France)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DEPENDENT PROCESS; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTERS; INTER-SPIKE INTERVAL; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; MOLECULAR BASIS; NEURAL SYSTEMS; NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE; NEURON FIRING; NMDA RECEPTOR; PROCESSING ELEMENTS; PULSE STIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPIKE TIMING; SUB-CELLULAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NEUROLOGY;

NEURONS;

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84865959223     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2012.00070     Document Type: Article

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