Of mice and men, and chandeliers.
How does the human neocortex reliably propagate information through neural circuits? One mechanism appears to involve relying on strong connections from pyramidal neurons to interneurons and a depolarizing action of cortical chandelier cells.
Woodruff
Alan
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the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.
Yuste
Rafael
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