The dendritic spine story: an intriguing process of discovery

Dendritic spines are key components of a variety of microcircuits and they represent the majority of postsynaptic targets of glutamatergic axon terminals in the brain. The present article will focus on the discovery of dendritic spines, which was possible thanks to the application of the Golgi techn...

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Main Author: Javier eDeFelipe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2015.00014/full