Neuronal arithmetic

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 474-489

  Silver, R Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; CONDUCTANCE; DENDRITE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77953806440     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2864     Document Type: Review

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