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Neuron 2009 Mar 26;616:813-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.03.009.
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Caught on film: the secret lives of dendrites in the tadpole optic tectum.

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Much is known about the functions and properties of neuronal dendrites, but rarely has dendritic activation been monitored while the dendrite performs a computational task. In this issue of Neuron, Bollmann and Engert demonstrate that different regions of a dendrite in the tadpole optic tectum are tuned to stimuli in different locations of the visual field. Their study is the first direct demonstration that dendritic regions act as semi-independent functional units during sensory processing in a vertebrate central nervous system.

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Bollmann, Subcellular topography of visually driven dendritic activity in the vertebrate visual system. 2009, Pubmed, Xenbase