Action potential energetics at the organismal level reveal a trade-off in efficiency at high firing rates

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 197-201

  Lewis, John E ^a   Gilmour, Kathleen M ^a   Moorhead, Mayron J ^a   Perry, Steve F ^a   Markham, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EIGENMANNIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; RESPIROMETRY; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 84891401317     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3180-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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