Understanding how individual neurons integrate the thousands of synaptic inputs they
receive is critical to understanding how the brain works. Modeling studies in silico and …

A basic feature of intelligent systems such as the cerebral cortex is the ability to freely
associate aspects of perceived experience with an internal representation of the world and …

Cortical neurons exhibit tremendous variability in the number and temporal distribution of
spikes in their discharge patterns. Furthermore, this variability appears to be conserved over …

Pyramidal neurons are characterized by their distinct apical and basal dendritic trees and
the pyramidal shape of their soma. They are found in several regions of the CNS and …

Cortical circuitry must facilitate information transfer in accordance with a neural code. In this
article we examine two candidate neural codes: information is represented in the spike rate …

THE dendrites of neurons in the mammalian central nervous system have been considered
as electrically passive structures which funnel synaptic potentials to the soma and axon …

This text, based on a course taught by Randall O'Reilly and Yuko Munakata over the past
several years, provides an in-depth introduction to the main ideas in the computational …

The pyramidal neuron is the principal cell type in the mammalian forebrain, but its function
remains poorly understood. Using a detailed compartmental model of a hippocampal CA1 …

Dendrites are the main recipients of synaptic inputs and are important sites that determine
neurons' input-output functions. This review focuses on thin neocortical dendrites, which …

Most synaptic inputs are made onto the dendritic tree. Recent work has shown that dendrites
play an active role in transforming synaptic input into neuronal output and in defining the …