A NEW GRAPHICAL APPROACH FOR VISUALIZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANATOMICAL AND ELECTROTONIC STRUCTURE

Here for the first time we present the use of a new approach to visualizing neuronal electrotonic architecture, L vs. x plots. This approach is illustrated by an examination of how subtle anatomical changes affect electrical signaling in a neuron. Diameter variations within the range of morphometric experimental error changed the electrotonic architecture of a hippocampal granule cell in ways that were most clearly seen in L vs. x plots.

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