• DocumentCode
    545063
  • Title

    A physiologic-based circuit model of the postsynaptic region at the neuromuscular junction

  • Author

    Levine, Michael D. ; Eisenberg, Marvin F. ; Fare, Thomas L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng./Comput. Sci., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
  • Firstpage
    1602
  • Lastpage
    1603
  • Abstract
    A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is used as the circuit analog to simulate a group of excitatory transmitter-gated ion channels. This analog is incorporated into a circuit model of the postsynaptic membrane at the neuromuscular junction. Simulation of the model yields an output representing the overall membrane potential of the postsynaptic region. Simulation is performed for the normal and pathologic (myasthenia gravis) states.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET circuits; biomedical electronics; biomembranes; neuromuscular stimulation; physiology; MOSFET; circuit analog; excitatory transmitter-gated ion channels; metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor; myasthenia gravis states; neuromuscular junction; physiologic-based circuit model; postsynaptic membrane potential; Extracellular;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0785-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761944
  • Filename
    5761944