title: Neuroscience: The chain reaction of dendritic integration.
abstract: Central neurons receive thousands of synaptic inputs. A recent study shows how pyramidal neurons of the mammalian neocortex integrate synaptic input in a parallel manner, illustrating how a chain of dendritic integration mechanisms act to signal distal dendritic excitatory synaptic input.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. srw@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wozny
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D003712:Dendrites / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008322:Mammals / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D019579:Neocortex / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways; D055366:Synaptic Potentials