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Dendritic tip geometry effects electrical properties (Tsutsui, Oka 2001)
Accession: 18738
In their teleost thalamic neuron models the authors demonstrate a dramatic increase in the passive propagation of synaptic inputs through the dendritic stalk to the soma in cells with larger tips.
Reference: Tsutsui H, Oka Y (2001) Effects of characteristic dendritic tip geometry on the electrical properties of teleost thalamic neurons. J Neurophysiol 85:2289-92 [PubMed]
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Model Type:  Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:  
Cell Type(s):   Teleost thalamic neuron;
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Simulation Environment:  Neuron;
Model Concept(s):  Simplified Models; Influence of Dendritic Geometry;
Implementer(s):  Tsutsui, H ;
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Model program for the paper:

Tsutsui H, Oka Y.
Effects of characteristic dendritic tip geometry on the electrical
properties of teleost thalamic neurons.
J Neurophysiol 2001 May;85(5):2289-92

Running the mosinit.hoc program with Neuron recreates Fig 2A.
The fig2A.ses file can also be run by itself with Neuron.

The abstract from the paper:

 Of the factors that characterize the properties and functions of 
 neurons, dendritic geometry is one of the most critical. We used 
 simulations employing the multi-compartment model to study the 
 effects of dendritic tip geometry on the electrical properties of 
 the "large cell" in a teleost thalamic nucleus from the corpus 
 glomerulosum. We demonstrated a dramatic geometrical "boosting" 
 effect; passive propagation of the synaptic inputs from the 
 dendritic tip to the soma through the dendritic stalk is less 
 attenuated in cells with larger tips. 


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