An algorithm for finding candidate synaptic sites in computer generated networks of neurons with realistic morphologies

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  van Pelt, Jaap ^a   Carnell, Andrew ^a   de Ridder, Sander ^a   Mansvelder, Huibert D ^a   van Ooyen, Arjen ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Line crossing; Neuronal morphology; Spatial proximity; Synaptic connectivity

Indexed keywords

DENDRITIC BRANCHES; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISTANCE CRITERION; GIVEN CRITERION; LENGTH SCALE; LINE CROSSINGS; LOCAL CLUSTER; NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY; PIECEWISE-LINEAR; SPATIAL PROXIMITY; SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS; SYNAPTIC CONNECTIVITY; COMPUTER GENERATED;

ALGORITHMS; MORPHOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

NEURONS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 79955059797     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2010.00148     Document Type: Article

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