Computation identifies structural features that govern neuronal firing properties in slowly adapting touch receptors

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Lesniak, Daine R ^a   Marshall, Kara L ^b   Wellnitz, Scott A ^c,d   Jenkins, Blair A ^b   Baba, Yoshichika ^b   Rasband, Matthew N ^c   Gerling, Gregory J ^a   Lumpkin, Ellen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GLADSTONE INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84898723474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01488.001     Document Type: Article

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