Opposing effects of intrinsic conductance and correlated synaptic input on Vm-fluctuations during network activity

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Kolind, Jens ^a   Hounsgaard, Jørn ^a   Berg, Rune W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Balanced; Excitation; Fluctuations; Inhibition; Intrinsic properties; Network; Shunting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); NEUROLOGY;

BALANCED; CONDUCTANCE-BASED MODELS; FLUCTUATIONS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; MEMBRANE FLUCTUATIONS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SHUNTING; SYNAPTIC CONDUCTANCE;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84881640994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2012.00040     Document Type: Article

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