Model-founded explorations of the roles of molecular layer inhibition in regulating purkinje cell responses in cerebellar cortex: More trouble for the beam hypothesis

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Bower, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751705771     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2010.00027     Document Type: Article

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