Synaptic amplification by dendritic spines enhances input cooperativity

Nature

Volumn 491, Issue 7425, 2012, Pages 599-602

  Harnett, Mark T ^a   Makara, Judit K ^a,b   Spruston, Nelson ^a   Kath, William L ^c   Magee, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPOLARIZATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84869866723     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11554     Document Type: Article

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