[Analysis of a model of the miniature endplate current]

Neirofiziologiia. 1988;20(3):390-8.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The numerical model of the miniature end-plate current MEPC described earlier was systematically analyzed to obtain an optimal set of parameters. This set permits simulating a number of experimental effects: time course of normal MEPC, cholinesterase inhibition, alpha-bungarotoxin action, potential dependence of MEPC, etc. The time course of the simulated "giant" MEPC fitted the experimental data only partially. A good correspondence between the model and experimental data underlies the conclusion that this model reflects well the relative contribution of several processes to MEPC generation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bungarotoxins / pharmacology
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Mathematics
  • Membrane Potentials / drug effects
  • Models, Biological*
  • Motor Endplate / drug effects
  • Motor Endplate / physiology*
  • Neuromuscular Junction / physiology*

Substances

  • Bungarotoxins
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors