Non-linear dendrites can tune neurons

A signature of visual, auditory, and motor cortices is the presence of neurons tuned to distinct features of the environment. While neuronal tuning can be observed in most brain areas, its origin remains enigmatic, and new calcium imaging data complicate this problem. Dendritic calcium signals, in a...

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Main Author: Romain Daniel Cazé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fnsys.2014.05.00043/full