Dendrites have always fascinated researchers: from the artistic drawings by Ramon y Cajal
to the beautiful recordings of today, neuroscientists have been striving to unravel the …

Understanding how individual neurons integrate the thousands of synaptic inputs they
receive is critical to understanding how the brain works. Modeling studies in silico and …

Since the beginning of information processing by electronic components, the nervous
system has served as a metaphor for the organization of computational primitives. Brain …

Sensory processing in the neocortex requires both feedforward and feedback information
flow between cortical areas. In feedback processing, higher-level representations provide …

The biophysical features of neurons shape information processing in the brain. Cortical
neurons are larger in humans than in other species, but it is unclear how their size affects …

A basic feature of intelligent systems such as the cerebral cortex is the ability to freely
associate aspects of perceived experience with an internal representation of the world and …

The after-effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) are highly variable
between individuals. Because different populations of cortical neurons are stimulated more …

Many of our daily activities, such as riding a bike to work or reading a book in a noisy cafe,
and highly skilled activities, such as a professional playing a tennis match or a violin …

Activity has an important role in refining synaptic connectivity during development, in part
through'Hebbian'mechanisms such as long-term potentiation and long-term depression …

Active dendrites provide neurons with powerful processing capabilities. However, little is
known about the role of neuronal dendrites in behaviourally related circuit computations …