Computational model of neuron-astrocyte interactions during focal seizure generation

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Reato, Davide ^a   Cammarota, Mario ^b   Parra, Lucas C ^a   Carmignoto, Giorgio ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISORDERS; BRAIN FUNCTIONS; BRAIN SLICES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SIGNAL; INTRACELLULAR CA; NETWORK MODELS; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; NEURON DYNAMICS; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; SMALL AREA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

BRAIN; BRAIN MODELS; CALCIUM; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; FEEDBACK; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROLOGY;

NEURONS;

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84866761584     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2012.00081     Document Type: Article

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