Computational study of NMDA conductance and cortical oscillations in schizophrenia

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Kirli, Kübra Komek ^a,b   Ermentrout, G B ^b,c   Cho, Raymond Y ^b,d,e  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Cortical oscillations; Gamma band; NMDA receptor; Schizophrenia; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTATION THEORY; NEURONS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CORTICAL OSCILLATIONS; GAMMA BAND; NMDA RECEPTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNCHRONY;

DISEASES;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; GAMMA RHYTHM; INTERNEURON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; OSCILLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 84907980042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2014.00133     Document Type: Article

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