Dendritic organization of sensory input to cortical neurons in vivo

Hongbo Jia; Nathalie L. Rochefort; Xiaowei Chen; Arthur Konnerth

doi:10.1038/nature08947

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NeuroscienceVisual cortexSensory systemStimulus (psychology)Calcium imagingNeural codingOrientation columnCortical neuronsBarrel cortexOrientation (vector space)Computer scienceBiologyStriate cortexPsychologyChemistryMathematics

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 464
Issue: 7293
Pages: 1307-1312
Citations: 540
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                                    Hongbo Jia, 
                                
                                    Nathalie L. Rochefort, 
                                
                                    Xiaowei Chen
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Dendritic organization of sensory input to cortical neurons in vivo. 
                            Nature
                            , 464
                            (7293)
                            , 1307-1312.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08947
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature08947