backpropagate

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verb

To propagate back through to the dendrites from which the original input was received.

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Meanings

verbbackpropagate (third-person singular simple present backpropagates, present participle backpropagating, simple past and past participle backpropagated)

present singular third person backpropagates · participle present backpropagating · participle past backpropagated · past backpropagated

  1. medicineTo propagate back through to the dendrites from which the original input was received.

    These results demonstrate that the predicted reduction in synaptic driving force caused by appropriately timed backpropagating APs only slightly increases shunting of proximal synaptic inputs at their site of generation and at the soma.

    2001 January 5, “Differential Shunting of EPSPs by Action Potentials”, in Science, volume 291, number 5501, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 138–141

Origin

From back + propagate.

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