Optimal sizes of dendritic and axonal arbors in a topographic projection

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2113-2119

  Chklovskii, Dmitri B ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GRANULAR CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0034093137     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.4.2113     Document Type: Article

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