Branching of active dendritic spines as a mechanism for controlling synaptic efficacy

Neuroscience

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 315-323

  Rusakov, D A ^a   Stewart, M G ^a   Korogod, S M ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OLES HONCHAR DNIPRO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

dendritic spines; excitable membrane; neuromodelling; synaptic efficacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030572771     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00253-9     Document Type: Article

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