Key role of voltage-dependent properties of synaptic currents in robust network synchronization

Neural Networks

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-62

  Wang, Z ^a,b   Wong, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conductance based synapses; Current based synapses; Heterogeneity; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE-BASED SYNAPSES; CURRENT-BASED SYNAPSES; HETEROGENEITY; POST-SYNAPTIC NEURONS; REAL NEURAL SYSTEMS; ROBUST NETWORK; ROBUST SYNCHRONIZATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSCIENCE; OSCILLATION; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84875269584     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: 18792782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2013.01.024     Document Type: Article

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