Stochastic Simulation of Neurons, Axons, and Action Potentials

Stochastic Methods in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Faisal, A Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action potential; Axon; Limits; Na channel; Nerve fibre; Neuronal variability; Noise; Spike; Spike time reliability; Stochastic simulation; Voltage gated ion channel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235070.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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