Distant synapses raise their voices

Authors
Citation
N. Spruston, Distant synapses raise their voices, NAT NEUROSC, 3(9), 2000, pp. 849-851
Citations number
14
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
News Item
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
ISSN journal
1097-6256 → ACNP
Volume
3
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
849 - 851
Database
ISI
SICI code
1097-6256(200009)3:9<849:DSRTV>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
By showing that synaptic strength increases as a function of distance from the soma, Magee and Cook have solved the long-standing puzzle of how synaps es on distal dendrites can influence action potential initiation.