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Functional organization of excitatory synaptic strength in primary visual cortex

Functional organization of excitatory synaptic strength in primary visual cortex

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Functional organization of excitatory synaptic strength in primary visual cortex

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Functional organization of excitatory synaptic strength in primary visual cortex

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2015-02, Vol.518 (7539), p.399-403

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

In complex networks of the cerebral cortex, the majority of connections are weak and only a minority strong, but it is not known why; here the authors show that excitatory neurons in primary visual cortex follow a rule by which strong connections are sparse and occur between neurons with correlated responses to visual stimuli, whereas only weak con...

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Functional organization of excitatory synaptic strength in primary visual cortex

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4843963

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4843963

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature14182

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