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Optimization principles of dendritic structure

BACKGROUND: Dendrites are the most conspicuous feature of neurons. However, the principles determining their structure are poorly understood. By employing cable theory and, for the first time, graph theory, we describe dendritic anatomy solely on the basis of optimizing synaptic efficacy with minima...

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Autores principales: Cuntz, Hermann, Borst, Alexander, Segev, Idan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1924501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17559645
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-4-21