Shapiro Nicholas P, Lee Robert H
Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006;2006:609-11. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260838.
Motoneurons are known to possess the latent ability to amplify their inputs in a voltage-dependent manner. Additionally, this synaptic amplification is known to be under neuromodulatory control. This paper presents results from a computer modeling study for one possible mechanism, termed electrotonic compression, which could underlie this behavior.