TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints2381
UR  - http://cogprints.org/2381/
A1  - Spratling, M. W.
Y1  - 2002///
N2  - The basal and distal apical dendrites of pyramidal cells occupy distinct
cortical layers and are targeted by axons originating in different cortical
regions.  Hence, apical and basal dendrites receive information from distinct
sources.  Physiological evidence suggests that this anatomically observed
segregation of input sources may have functional significance.  This possibility
has been explored in various connectionist models that employ neurons with
functionally distinct apical and basal compartments.  A neuron in which separate
sets of inputs can be integrated independently has the potential to operate in a
variety of ways which are not possible for the conventional model of a neuron in
which all inputs are treated equally.  This article thus considers how
functionally distinct apical and basal dendrites can contribute to the
information processing capacities of single neurons and, in particular, how
information from different cortical regions could have disparate affects on
neural activity and learning.

TI  - Cortical region interactions and the functional role of apical dendrites
SP  - 219
AV  - public
EP  - 228
ER  -

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