What do dendrites and their synapses tell the neuron?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1295-1297

  Segev, Idan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; ART; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; HISTORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DENDRITES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS;

EID: 33645990364     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/classicessays.00039.2005     Document Type: Short Survey

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