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Models of Synaptic Transmission

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Models of the Stochastic Activity of Neurones

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The models discussed in sections 3–10 all deal with stochastic trains of action potentials: in this section I will deal with models of the processes which occur when an action potential reaches the axonal termination and produces electrical changes in a post-synaptic cell. There are two types of specific mechanism for the transmission of electrical activity between excitable cells — these are electrical transmission and chemical transmission. Eccles (1964) has given an extensive review of the basic physiology of these transmission mechanisms in the nervous system.

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Holden, A.V. (1976). Models of Synaptic Transmission. In: Models of the Stochastic Activity of Neurones. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46345-7_11

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