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Electrotonic coupling between two CA3 hippocampal pyramidal neurons: A distributed cable model with somatic gap-junction

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Support under ARC Grant AC9031997 is acknowledged. Correspondence to: Professor Max Bennnett, Neurobiology Laboratory, University of Sydney. NSW 2006. Australia.

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Poznanski, R.R., Gibson, W.G. & Bennett, M.R. Electrotonic coupling between two CA3 hippocampal pyramidal neurons: A distributed cable model with somatic gap-junction. Bltn Mathcal Biology 57, 865–881 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03354909

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