title: Neuronal communication. Cooperativity of unreliable neurons.
abstract: Recent studies show that many presynaptic neurons must cooperate to generate a postsynaptic output, though the number is still just a tiny fraction of all the postsynaptic cell's inputs.
authors.affiliation: Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000502:physiology; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology