Rebuilding Dendritic Democracy. Focus on "Equalization of Synaptic Efficacy by Activity- and Timing-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity"

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1941-1942

  Roth, Arnd ^a   London, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EDITORIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 16544374294     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01246.2003     Document Type: Editorial

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