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Introduction to Dendritic Morphology

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Computational Neuroscience ((NEUROSCI,volume 11))

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Dendrites play an important role in neuronal function and connectivity. This chapter introduces the first section of the book focusing on the morphological features of dendritic tree structures and the role of dendritic trees in the circuit. We provide an overview of quantitative procedures for data collection, analysis, and modeling of dendrite shape. Our main focus lies on the description of morphological complexity and how one can use this description to unravel neuronal function in dendritic trees and neural circuits.

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel

    Benjamin Torben-Nielsen

  2. Blue Brain Project, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Quartier d’Innovation, Batiment J, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Benjamin Torben-Nielsen

  3. Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    Hermann Cuntz

  4. Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt/Main, D-60590, Germany

    Hermann Cuntz

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Torben-Nielsen, B., Cuntz, H. (2014). Introduction to Dendritic Morphology. In: Cuntz, H., Remme, M., Torben-Nielsen, B. (eds) The Computing Dendrite. Springer Series in Computational Neuroscience, vol 11. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8094-5_1

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