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Rall, W. (1964) Theoretical significance of dendritic trees for neuronal input-output relations. In Neural Theory and Modeling, ed. R.F. Reiss. Stanford Univ. Press.
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Rall, W., G.M. Shepherd, T.S. Reese, and M.W. Brightman. (1966) Dendro-dendritic synaptic pathway for inhibition in the olfactory bulb. Exptl. Neurol. 14:44-56.
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during the war, and subsequently worked with K.S. Cole at Woods Hole. He then moved to the University of Otago in Dunedin to work with
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Wilfrid Rall's scientific achievements concern the electrical properties of neurons, and in particular the excitability of dendrites.
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Rall W. (1955b) Experimental monosynaptic input-output relations in the mammalian spinal cord. J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 46: 413-437.
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Rall W. (1955a) A statistical theory of monosynaptic input-output relations. J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 46: 373-411.
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Rall W. (1960) Membrane potential transients and membrane time constant of motoneurons. Exp. Neurol. 2: 503-532.
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for his PhD, and remained there after Eccles' departure for Australia. In 1954, he spent a sabbatical year at
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The Theoretical Foundations of Dendritic Function: The Collected Papers of Wilfrid Rall with Commentaries
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Rall W. (1959) Branching dendritic trees and motoneuron membrane resistivity. Exp. Neurol. 1: 491-527.
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Rall, W. (1962) Theory of physiological properties of dendrites. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 96: 1071-1092.
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the first theoretical exploration of active spines (Rall 1974; Miller, Rall and Rinzel, 1985)
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Rall's work has led to a number of major conceptual breakthroughs, including the following:
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Wilfrid Rall Archive: Pioneer of Dendritic Function and Computational Neuroscience.
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in neuroscience, as well as passive and active compartmental modeling of the
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Rall W. (1957) Membrane time constant of motoneurons. Science 126: 454.
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Wilfrid Rall computational neuroscience research collection
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The Theoretical Foundations of Dendritic Function: The Collected Papers of Wilfrid Rall with Commentaries

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