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Unique features of action potential initiation in cortical neurons
Björn Naundorf, Fred Wolf and Maxim Volgushev
Nature 440, 1060-1063 (20 April 2006)
doi:10.1038/nature04610
Figure 1
Dynamics of action potential initiation in neocortical neurons and in a Hodgkin–Huxley-type model of a neocortical neuron.
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Figure 2
Different action potential initiation in visual cortex neurons recorded in vivo and in a Hodgkin–Huxley-type model subject to fluctuating synaptic inputs.
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Figure 3
Effect of the shape of the sodium channel activation curve and effective peak conductance on action potential initiation in a Hodgkin–Huxley-type model.
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Figure 4
Action potential onset span and rapidness in cortical neurons and Hodgkin–Huxley-type models.
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Figure 5
Cooperative activation of voltage-gated sodium channels can account for the dynamics of action potential initiation in cortical neurons.
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