Relating ion channel expression, bifurcation structure, and diverse firing patterns in a model of an identified motor neuron

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-229

  Herrera Valdez, Marco A ^a,b,c   McKiernan, Erin C ^a   Berger, Sandra D ^d   Ryglewski, Stefanie ^d,e   Duch, Carsten ^d,e   Crook, Sharon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT CAYEY   (Puerto Rico)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Electrophysiology; Excitability; Firing pattern; Gene expression; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; IONS;

BIFURCATION; BIFURCATION STRUCTURES; DROSOPHILLA; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; EXCITABILITY; FIRING PATTERNS; FLIGHT MUSCLE; GENES EXPRESSION; ION CHANNEL; MOTOR NEURONS;

NEURONS;

ION CHANNEL; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIFURCATION ANALYSIS; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DMNA GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FLIGHT MUSCLE; GENE; IMAGO; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84879691759     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: 15736873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-012-0416-6     Document Type: Article

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