A Diffusive Homeostatic Signal Maintains Neural Heterogeneity and Responsiveness in Cortical Networks

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Sweeney, Yann ^a,b   Hellgren Kotaleski, Jeanette ^b   Hennig, Matthias H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CORTICAL NETWORK; GASEOUS NEUROTRANSMITTERS; HOMEOSTATIC CONTROL; HOMOEOSTASIS; IN NETWORKS; ROBUST MECHANISMS; STABLE ACTIVITY; SYNAPTIC CONNECTIVITY; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

NITRIC OXIDE;

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSIVE HOMEOSTASIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; REFRACTORY PERIOD; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 84938630123     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004389     Document Type: Article

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