Channeling the Central Dogma
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How do neurons and networks achieve their characteristic electrical activity, regulate this activity homeostatically, and yet show population variability in expression? In this issue of Neuron, O'Leary et al. (2014) address some of these thorny questions in this theoretical analysis that starts with the Central Dogma.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neuron
دوره 82 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014