Title
Branching point effects on the passive properties of the cerebellar granule cell axon
Abstract
This paper describes a mathematical model of the axon of the cerebellar granule cell as it ascends into the molecular layer and branches into its two parallel fiber segments. We present a theoretical and computational analysis of the input resistance at the branching point and the degree of signal attenuation between the ascending segment of the axon and the parallel fibers. The results suggest considerable passive signal decay in this branch point. If correct, this result has important implications for cerebellar function, as granule cell activation would be expected to always propagate in the ascending but not necessarily the parallel fiber segments of the same axon.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1016/S0925-2312(00)00165-X
Neurocomputing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Branching point,Cerebellar granule cell,Input conductance,Parallel fiber,Relative attenuation rate,Ascending segment
Neuroscience,Pattern recognition,Cerebellar function,Axon,Granule cell,Artificial intelligence,Parallel fiber,Attenuation,Granule cell axon,Computational analysis,Mathematics,Branching (version control)
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
32-33
0925-2312
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Octavian-Dumitru Mocanu110.69
Joan Oliver221.72
Fidel Santamaria3414.43
James M. Bower4477113.09