C. elegans neurons have functional dendritic spines

Dendritic spines are specialized postsynaptic structures that transduce presynaptic signals, are regulated by neural activity and correlated with learning and memory. Most studies of spine function have focused on the mammalian nervous system. However, spine-like protrusions have been reported in C....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrea Cuentas-Condori, Ben Mulcahy, Siwei He, Sierra Palumbos, Mei Zhen, David M Miller III
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-10-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/47918