Induction and modulation of persistent activity in a layer V PFC microcircuit model

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Papoutsi, Athanasia ^a,b   Sidiropoulou, Kyriaki ^a,b   Cutsuridis, Vassilis ^a   Poirazi, Panayiota ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer model; DADP; Intrinsic mechanisms; NMDA; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; DOPAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; DEOXYADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM CURRENT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PREDICTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYNAPSE; GABAB; INTRINSIC MECHANISMS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

COMPUTER MODEL; DADP; GABAB; INTRINSIC MECHANISMS; NMDA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84886994287     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00161     Document Type: Article

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