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Neurotrophic factors, neuronal selectionism, and neuronal proliferation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

T. Elliott  and
N. R. Shadbolt
T. Elliott
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdomte@proteus.psyc.nott.ac.uknrs@psyc.nott.ac.uk
N. R. Shadbolt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdomte@proteus.psyc.nott.ac.uknrs@psyc.nott.ac.uk
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Abstract

Quartz & Sejnowski (Q&S) disregard evidence that suggests that their view of dendrites is inadequate and they ignore recent results concerning the role of neurotrophic factors in synaptic remodelling. They misrepresent neuronal selectionism and thus erect a straw-man argument. Finally, the results discussed in section 4.2 require neuronal proliferation, but this does not occur during the period of neuronal development of relevance here.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 561 - 562
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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