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The dynamical effects of dendritic structure on neural systems
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posted on 2018-01-12, 12:19 authored by Barry J. De SouzaThe role of the dendritic tree and the way it functions within a neuron has been of
interest to neurologists for over a century. As investigative techniques have become
more sophisticated and thus revealing, our perception of the dendrites as being purely
an information gathering component has changed to one where the dendritic tree may
be viewed as a highly complex, nonlinear information processor. In spite
of this most mathematical studies of the dynamical behaviour of neural populations
have neglected the influence of the dendritic tree. The aim of this thesis is to address
this imbalance. [Continues.]
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© Barry-Jon De SouzaPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/Publication date
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
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