?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Exploring+the+functional+significance+of+dendritic+inhibition+in+cortical+pyramidal+cells&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=Inhibitory+synapses+contacting+the+soma+and+axon+initial+segment+are+commonly%0Apresumed+to+participate+in+shaping+the+response+properties+of+cortical+pyramidal%0Acells.+Such+an+inhibitory+mechanism+has+been+explored+in+numerous+computational%0Amodels.++However%2C+the+majority+of+inhibitory+synapses+target+the+dendrites+of%0Apyramidal+cells%2C+and+recent+physiological+data+suggests+that+this+dendritic%0Ainhibition+affects+tuning+properties.+We+describe+a+model+that+can+be+used+to%0Ainvestigate+the+role+of+dendritic+inhibition+in+the+competition+between%0Aneurons.+With+this+model+we+demonstrate+that+dendritic+inhibition+significantly%0Aenhances+the+computational+and+representational+properties+of+neural+networks.%0A&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3543%2F1%2Fneurocomputing.pdf&rft.identifier=++Spratling%2C+M+W+and+Johnson%2C+M+H++(2003)+Exploring+the+functional+significance+of+dendritic+inhibition+in+cortical+pyramidal+cells.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3543%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>