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Action Potential Backpropagation

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Gasparini, S., Migliore, M. (2014). Action Potential Backpropagation. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_123-4

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    Action Potential Back-Propagation
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_123-5

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    Action Potential Backpropagation
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_123-4