Wilfrid Rall

Wilfrid Rall is a retired neuroscientist from the National Institutes of Health. He developed compartmental models of the neuron that have been used extensively in computational neuroscience, and was a pioneer in establishing the integrative functions of neuronal dendrites.

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References

• Rall W. (1955a) A statistical theory of monosynaptic input-output relations. J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 46: 373-411.

• Rall W. (1955b) Experimental monosynaptic input-output relations in the mammalian spinal cord. J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 46: 413-437.

• Rall W., and C.C. Hunt (1956) Analysis of reflex variability in terms of partially correlated excitability fluctuation in a population of motoneurons. J. Gen. Physiol. 39: 397-422.

• Rall W. (1957) Membrane time constant of motoneurons. Science 126: 454.

• Rall W. (1959) Branching dendritic trees and motoneuron membrane resistivity. Exp. Neurol. 1: 491-527.

• Rall W. (1960) Membrane potential transients and membrane time constant of motoneurons. Exp. Neurol. 2: 503-532.

• Rall, W. (1962) Theory of physiological properties of dendrites. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 96: 1071-1092.

• 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.

• 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.