Dendritic morphology and its effects on the amplitude and rise-time of synaptic signals in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 331-334

  Henze, Darrell A ^a   Cameron, William E ^a,b   Barrionuevo, German ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

afferent input; compartmental model; dendrites; passive neuron; synaptic kinetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029942833     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960603)369:3<331::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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