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Dendritic Spines

Dendritic Spines is a specialized microanatomical structure that constitutes a postsynaptic cellular protrusion on neuronal dendrites, distinguished by its role in receiving and integrating synaptic inputs through its unique morphology and molecular composition.

4.6K

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2017–2026

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Dendritic Spine

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Publications

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mTOR-Dependent Synapse Formation Underlies the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of NMDA Antagonists

Nanxin Li, Boyoung Lee, Rongjian Liu et al. · Science · 2010 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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Structural basis of long-term potentiation in single dendritic spines

M Matsuzaki, Naoki Honkura, Graham C. R. Ellis‐Davies et al. · Nature · 2004 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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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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Axo-somatic and axo-dendritic synapses of the cerebral cortex: an electron microscope study.

Gray Eg · PubMed · 1959 · 1.8K citations

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Decreased Dendritic Spine Density on Prefrontal Cortical Pyramidal Neurons in Schizophrenia

Leisa A. Glantz, David A. Lewis · Archives of General Psychiatry · 2000 · 1.7K citations

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Authors

16K

  1. KM
    Kristen M. Harris

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    35 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. MS
    Menahem Segal

    Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

    37 publications · 4.3K citations

    32

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  3. RY
    Rafael Yuste

    Columbia University, United States

    33 publications · 5K citations

    29

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  4. KS
    Karel Svoboda

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    29 publications · 10.4K citations

    28

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  5. JD
    Javier DeFelipe

    Instituto Cajal, Spain

    38 publications · 3K citations

    28

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Institutions

2.6K

  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    94 h-index

    445 publications

    94.8K citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    65 h-index

    415 publications

    67K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    63 h-index

    266 publications

    58.1K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    55 h-index

    208 publications

    28.2K citations

  5. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    50 h-index

    167 publications

    22.2K citations

  6. Inserm

    Paris, France

    48 h-index

    410 publications

    29.5K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    48 h-index

    425 publications

    24.6K citations

  8. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    48 h-index

    213 publications

    26.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    487 publications · 81.2K citations

    160

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 187 publications · 32.3K citations

    113

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  3. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    417 publications · 43.2K citations

    111

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  4. Neuron

    96 publications · 27.3K citations

    83

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  5. Brain Research

    149 publications · 9.7K citations

    55

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