Optimal Stimulus Shapes for Neuronal Excitation

Daniel B. Forger; David Paydarfar; John R. Clay

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002089

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Optimal Stimulus Shapes for Neuronal Excitation

Daniel B. Forger ,

* E-mail: forger@umich.edu

Affiliations Department of Mathematics and Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
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David Paydarfar,

Affiliations Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Departments of Neurology and Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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John R. Clay

Affiliations National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Optimal Stimulus Shapes for Neuronal Excitation

Daniel B. Forger,
David Paydarfar,
John R. Clay

Published: July 7, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002089

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