Study for dendrite

Nat Rev Neurosci. 2008 Mar;9(3):206-21.
Pyramidal neurons: dendritic structure and synaptic integration.
Spruston N.

This review was described dendritic subsegments, such as projection, inhibition, resistance, interaction between the segments and so on.

Nat Rev Neurosci. 2010 Jul;11(7):474-89.
Neuronal arithmetic.
Silver RA.

This review described dendritic computation with both experimental and theoretical methods.



This is a maniac book only for Dendrite! This describe well about research for, especially pyramidal, dendrite.

The 4-Hour Workweek

I read this book in Japanese. This is a book for studying outsourcing.
Some idea can apply in research field and I want earn my living cost with outsourcing :)
The author said DEAL (Definition, Elimination, Automation, and Liberation) is important.

A biophysically-based neuromorphic model of spike rate- and timing-dependent plasticity

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 6;108(49):E1266-74. Epub 2011 Nov 16.
A biophysically-based neuromorphic model of spike rate- and timing-dependent plasticity.
Rachmuth G, Shouval HZ, Bear MF, Poon CS.

This work is Emulating neural rate or timing dependent plasticity by constructing CMOS electric circuit. They reproduced AMPA, NMDA and CB1 (Endocannabinod Receptor)channel, and post-synaptic Ca2+ dynamics. They indicated with this electronic circuit that spike rate and timing plasticities are depend on similar mechanism and reproduced LTP and LTD of both plasticity.
I read this article to study electric circuit (I am not good at this field). I felt that, to mimic a real brain circuit with low-energy consumption, parallel processing and so on, we should start from hardware?! (not start from program).