Pyramidal neurons integrate synaptic inputs arriving on a structurally and functionally complex dendritic tree that has nonlinear responses. A study in this issue shows that nonlinear computation occurs in individual dendritic branches, and suggests a possible approach to building neural network models directly connected to the behavior of real neurons and synapses.
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Spruston, N., Kath, W. Dendritic arithmetic. Nat Neurosci 7, 567–569 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0604-567
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