Synaptic function: dendritic democracy.
Neurons receive synaptic inputs primarily onto their dendrites, which filter synaptic potentials as they spread toward the soma. Recent results indicate that this filtering appears to be compensated by increasing the synaptic conductance at distal synapses, thus normalizing the efficacy of synaptic inputs at the soma.
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Department of Physiology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. m.hausser@ucl.ac.uk
D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*