Structural neurobiology: Missing link to a mechanistic understanding of neural computation

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 351-358

  Denk, Winfried ^a   Briggman, Kevin L ^b   Helmstaedter, Moritz ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM POTENTIAL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE NET; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEURONS;

EID: 84859984787     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3169     Document Type: Review

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