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Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis

Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis is a biological process that belongs to the broader category of neuronal development mechanisms, specifically characterized by the formation, shaping, and structural maturation of dendritic spines, the specialized protrusions on neuronal dendrites that serve as primary sites of excitatory synaptic connections in the central nervous system.

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A brain-specific microRNA regulates dendritic spine development

Gerhard Schratt, Fabian Tuebing, Elizabeth A. Nigh et al. · Nature · 2006 · 1.8K citations

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The Importance of Dendritic Mitochondria in the Morphogenesis and Plasticity of Spines and Synapses

Zheng Li, Ken-Ichi Okamoto, Yasunori Hayashi et al. · Cell · 2004 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Abnormal dendritic spines in fragile X knockout mice: Maturation and pruning deficits

Thomas A. Comery, Jennifer B. Harris, Patrick J. Willems et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 1K citations

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LTP promotes formation of multiple spine synapses between a single axon terminal and a dendrite

Nicolas Toni, Pierre‐Alain Buchs, Irina Nikonenko et al. · Nature · 1999 · 962 citations

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Brain-Specific Phosphorylation of MeCP2 Regulates Activity-Dependent Bdnf Transcription, Dendritic Growth, and Spine Maturation

Zhaolan Zhou, Elizabeth J. Hong, Sonia Cohen et al. · Neuron · 2006 · 872 citations · Full text

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    Yi‐Ping Hsueh

    Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

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    Peter Penzes

    Northwestern University, United States

    10 publications · 1.6K citations

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    Iryna M. Ethell

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    9 publications · 2K citations

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    Menahem Segal

    Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

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    Morgan Sheng

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

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    Paris, France

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  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    92 publications

    6.3K citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

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  5. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

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    38 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

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    48 publications

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    Cambridge, United States

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    Evanston, United States

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  3. Neuron

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    JBC · 22 publications · 1.1K citations

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