Synaptic depression and slow oscillatory activity in a biophysical network model of the cerebral cortex

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUGUST, 2012, Pages 20120828-

  Benita, Jose M ^a   Guillamon, Antoni ^a   Deco, Gustavo ^b   Sanchez Vives, Maria V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortical activity; Network model; Short term depression; Synaptic plasticity; Up down state

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL ACTIVITY; NETWORK MODELS; SHORT-TERM DEPRESSION; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; UP/DOWN STATE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING; NEUROLOGY;

PLASTICITY;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; ION CURRENT; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; OSCILLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SHORT TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; SOMATIC CELL; STEADY STATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84865979551     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2012.00064     Document Type: Article

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