The dendritic density field of a cortical pyramidal cell

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Cuntz, Hermann ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon; Dendrite; Modeling; Pyramidal cell; Ram n y Cajal

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC DENSITY FIELD; GRANULE CELL; MINIMUM SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 84857099401     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00002     Document Type: Article

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