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Feb. 25, 2011
Tracing Signals In The Brain
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| In the traditional view of how signals travel in the brain, a portion of a neuron known as a dendrite acts as an input for stimuli, while the neuron's axon serves as a signal output. Nelson Spruston, author of an article in the journal Nature Neuroscience, says that the reality may be more complicated. |
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Nelson Spruston
Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
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