?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Dendritic+inhibition+enhances+neural+coding+properties.&rft.creator=Spratling%2C+M.+W&rft.creator=+Johnson%2C+M.+H.&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.description=The+presence+of+a+large+number+of+inhibitory+contacts+at+the+soma+and+axon%0Ainitial+segment+of+cortical+pyramidal+cells+has+inspired+a+large+and+influential%0Aclass+of+neural+network+model+which+use+post-integration+lateral+inhibition+as+a%0Amechanism+for+competition+between+nodes.+However%2C+inhibitory+synapses+also%0Atarget+the+dendrites+of+pyramidal+cells.+The+role+of+this+dendritic+inhibition%0Ain+competition+between+neurons+has+not+previously+been+addressed.+We%0Ademonstrate%2C+using+a+simple+computational+model%2C+that+such+pre-integration%0Alateral+inhibition+provides+networks+of+neurons+with+useful+representational+and%0Acomputational+properties+which+are+not+provided+by+post-integration%0Ainhibition.%0A&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2379%2F1%2Fcereb_cort.pdf&rft.identifier=++Spratling%2C+M.+W+and++Johnson%2C+M.+H.++(2001)+Dendritic+inhibition+enhances+neural+coding+properties.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2379%2F