Spatially distributed dendritic resonance selectively filters synaptic input.
An important task performed by a neuron is the selection of relevant inputs from among thousands of synapses impinging on the dendritic tree. Synaptic plasticity enables this by strenghtening a subset of synapses that are, presumably, functionally relevant to the neuron. A different selection mechan...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4140644?pdf=render |