Modeling the natural variability in the shape of dendritic trees: Application to basal dendrites of small rat cortical layer 5 pyramidal neurons

Neurocomputing

Volumn 26-27, Issue , 1999, Pages 305-311

  Van Pelt, Jaap ^a   Uylings, Harry B M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Development; Growth cones; Morphology; Pyramidal cells

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DENDRITIC TREES; GROWTH CONE PROPAGATION; PYRAMIDAL NEURONS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; GROWTH CONE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0032833616     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(99)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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