Study of GABAergic extra-synaptic tonic inhibition in single neurons and neural populations by traversing neural scales: application to propofol-induced anaesthesia

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 417-437

  Hutt, Axel ^a   Buhry, Laure ^a  

^a INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Firing rate; General anaesthesia; Neural mass model; Spiking neurons

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; NEURAL NETWORKS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FIRING RATES; GABAERGIC; GENERAL ANESTHESIAS; NEURAL MASS MODELS; NEURAL POPULATIONS; NEURON POPULATION; NONLINEAR GAINS; SINGLE NEURAL; SINGLE NEURON; SPIKING NEURONES;

NEURONS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROPOFOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TONIC INHIBITION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROPOFOL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84912030707     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: 15736873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-014-0512-x     Document Type: Article

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