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Backpropagating action potentials amplify the response to weak dendritic inputs. A new study suggests that this may serve to link simultaneous inputs to different dendritic compartments.
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Frégnac, Y. A tale of two spikes. Nat Neurosci 2, 299–301 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/7206
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