Consequences of non-uniform active currents in dendrites

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2009, Pages

  Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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EID: 80053458449     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.038.2009     Document Type: Note

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