Targeted dendrotomy reveals active and passive contributions of the dendritic tree to synaptic integration and neuronal output

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2007

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Bekkers, John
Hausser, Michael

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National Academy of Sciences (USA)

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Neurons typically function as transduction devices, converting patterns of synaptic inputs, received on the dendrites, into trains of output action potentials in the axon. This transduction process is surprisingly complex and has been proposed to involve

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Keywords: action potential; animal cell; article; brain slice; cerebellum; controlled study; dendrite; dendritic cell; neocortex; nerve cell; nerve cell excitability; nerve fiber; nonhuman; priority journal; Purkinje cell; pyramidal nerve cell; rat; Action Potentia Action potential; Cerebellum; Dendrite; Modeling; Neocortex

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PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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