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Dendritic Spines: Biochemistry, Modeling, and Properties
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Dendritic Spines: Biochemistry, Modeling, and Properties Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Louis R. Baylog


From the publisher

A dendritic spine (or spine) is a small membranous protrusion from a neuron's dendrite that typically receives input from a single synapse of an axon. Dendritic spines serve as a storage site for synaptic strength and help transmit electrical signals to the neuron's cell body. Most spines have a bulbous head (the spine head), and a thin neck that connects the head of the spine to the shaft of the dendrite. The dendrites of a single neuron can contain from thousands up to a few hundred thousand spines. In addition to spines providing an anatomical substrate for memory storage and synaptic transmission, they may also serve to increase the number of possible contacts between neurons. This book presents new information in this area of research.

Details

  • Title Dendritic Spines: Biochemistry, Modeling, and Properties
  • Author Louis R. Baylog
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 197
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Nova Science Publishers
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781607414605 / 1607414600
  • Library of Congress subjects Synapses, Dendrites
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009018834
  • Dewey Decimal Code 616.079