--- abstract: | Inhibitory synapses contacting the soma and axon initial segment are commonly presumed to participate in shaping the response properties of cortical pyramidal cells. Such an inhibitory mechanism has been explored in numerous computational models. However, the majority of inhibitory synapses target the dendrites of pyramidal cells, and recent physiological data suggests that this dendritic inhibition affects tuning properties. We describe a model that can be used to investigate the role of dendritic inhibition in the competition between neurons. With this model we demonstrate that dendritic inhibition significantly enhances the computational and representational properties of neural networks. altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Spratling given: M W honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Johnson given: M H honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2003 date_type: published datestamp: 2004-04-06 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/35/43 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 3543 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/3543/1/neurocomputing.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: ~ lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:30 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: 389-395 pubdom: FALSE publication: Neurocomputing publisher: ~ refereed: FALSE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:51:33 subjects: - neuro-mod - comp-neuro-sci - comp-sci-neural-nets succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Exploring the functional significance of dendritic inhibition in cortical pyramidal cells type: journalp userid: 1040 volume: 52-54