Electrostimulation to reduce synaptic scaling driven progression of Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 APR, 2014, Pages

  Rowan, Mark S ^a   Neymotin, Samuel A ^b,c   Lytton, William W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Computer modeling; Electrostimulation; Homeostasis; Information transfer; Neocortex; Neuronal networks; Synaptic scaling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; NEUROSURGERY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; COMPUTER MODELING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAL NETWORKS; SYNAPTIC SCALING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AMPA RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXCITOTOXICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROSTHESIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPSE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84897477280     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2014.00039     Document Type: Article

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