TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cuntz, Hermann
T1  - The dendritic density field of a cortical pyramidal cell
T2  - Frontiers in neuroanatomy
N2  - Much is known about the computation in individual neurons in the cortical column. Also, the selective connectivity between many cortical neuron types has been studied in great detail. However, due to the complexity of this microcircuitry its functional role within the cortical column remains a mystery. Some of the wiring behavior between neurons can be interpreted directly from their particular dendritic and axonal shapes. Here, I describe the dendritic density field (DDF) as one key element that remains to be better understood. I sketch an approach to relate DDFs in general to their underlying potential connectivity schemes. As an example, I show how the characteristic shape of a cortical pyramidal cell appears as a direct consequence of connecting inputs arranged in two separate parallel layers.
KW  - modeling
KW  - dendrite
KW  - axon
KW  - pyramidal cell
KW  - Ramón y Cajal
Y1  - 2012
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/24066
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-240660
SN  - 1662-5129
N1  - This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited.
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  -