Effect of pruning on dendritic tree topology

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-32

  Van Pelt, Jaap ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE;

EID: 0031557883     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0341     Document Type: Article

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