Information processing in Dendritic Trees

Abstract A mechanism is discussed whereby fully developed action potentials on a smooth dendritic tree can interact to cause conduction on the parent branch or can be extinguished. This approach makes use of the concept that threshold stimulation of a branch requires a certain charge (rather than voltage or current) which depends in a simple way upon the diameter of the branch. Some experiments are suggested to test this point of view.

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