Spike Triggered Hormone Secretion in Vasopressin Cells; a Model Investigation of Mechanism and Heterogeneous Population Function

Duncan J. MacGregor; Gareth Leng

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003187

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Spike Triggered Hormone Secretion in Vasopressin Cells; a Model Investigation of Mechanism and Heterogeneous Population Function

Duncan J. MacGregor ,

* E-mail: duncan.macgregor@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Gareth Leng

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Spike Triggered Hormone Secretion in Vasopressin Cells; a Model Investigation of Mechanism and Heterogeneous Population Function

Duncan J. MacGregor,
Gareth Leng

Published: August 15, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003187

About the Authors

Duncan J. MacGregor

* E-mail: duncan.macgregor@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Gareth Leng

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJM GL. Performed the experiments: DJM. Analyzed the data: DJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJM. Wrote the paper: DJM GL. Designed the modelling software: DJM.

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