Superresolving Dendritic Spines
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Superresolving dendritic spines.
Spines are tiny protrusions that densely stud the dendrites of neurons in the brain. Individual spines are the primary recipients of synaptic inputs from single axons, which emanate from other neurons in the central nervous system. A dendritic tree on one neuron may have hundreds of thousands of spines, making connections to a corresponding number of axons. The morphology of the spine typically...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.01.011