Ionic Mechanism Underlying Optimal Stimuli for Neuronal Excitation: Role of Na+ Channel Inactivation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Clay, John R ^a   Forger, Daniel B ^b   Paydarfar, David ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; GIANT AXON; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECAPODIFORMES; IONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; SODIUM CHANNELS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

CEPHALOPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866866164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045983     Document Type: Article

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