Dendritic spines: Elementary structural units of neuronal plasticity

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2002, Pages 53-59

  Segal, Menahem ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0036458137     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)38070-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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