N-cadherin, spine dynamics, and synaptic function
Dendritic spines are one half (the postsynaptic half) of most excitatory synapses. Ever since the direct observation over a decade ago that spines can continually change size and shape, spine dynamics has been of great research interest, especially as a mechanism for structural synaptic plasticity....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.01.035.2008/full |