A Balance Equation Determines a Switch in Neuronal Excitability

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Franci, Alessio ^a   Drion, Guillaume ^b   Seutin, Vincent ^b   Sepulchre, Rodolphe ^a,b  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BALANCE EQUATIONS; CONDITION; CONDUCTANCE BASED MODELING; ION CHANNEL; PHASE PORTRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIMPLE++; TRANSCRITICAL BIFURCATION;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84878499285     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003040     Document Type: Article

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