Modified thalamocortical model: A step towards more understanding of the functional contribution of astrocytes to epilepsy

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 285-299

  Amiri, Mahmood ^a,b,c   Fahrami, Fariba ^d   Janahmadi, Mahyar ^d  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Astrocytes . Thalamocortical model . Epilepsy . Functional modeling

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ASTROCYTE .; CORTEXES; EMBEDDINGS; EPILEPSY .; FUNCTIONAL MODELLING; NEURAL POPULATIONS; NEURONAL NETWORKS; POPULATION MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL MODEL .;

NEURONS;

EID: 84868191149     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: 15736873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-012-0386-8     Document Type: Article

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