Thursday, March 28, 2013

[Comp-neuro] new PloS One paper: The Sodium-Potassium Pump Controls the Intrinsic Firing of the Cerebellar Purkinje Neuron

Dear Comp Neuro mailing list,
 
This recent paper may be of interest to the readership. The paper uses modelling and electrophysiology to suggest that the sodium-potassium pump is not simply a homeostatic, housekeeping molecule; but can be a computational element, utilised by the brain for information processing. We are now conducting further work to build upon this suggestion.
 
Forrest MD, Wall MJ, Press DA, Feng J (2012) The Sodium-Potassium Pump Controls the Intrinsic Firing of the Cerebellar Purkinje Neuron. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51169
 
Web link to this article at PLoS One (article is free):
http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051169
 
Kindest regards,
 
Michael Forrest (first author of said paper)

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