Dendritic shock absorbers

Rafael Yuste
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Rafael Yuste: Columbia University

Nature, 1997, vol. 387, issue 6636, 851-853

Abstract: Neurons receive sensory information through branched projections called dendrites which were thought, for many years, to be just passive cables. But a new study shows that dendrites contain potassium channels. Moreover, the authors believe that these channels are involved in dendritic excitability and that they may mediate the sophisticated computations that are required for learning.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/43063

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