Structural changes at dendritic spine synapses during long-term potentiation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1432, 2003, Pages 745-748

  Harris, Kristen M ^a   Fiala, John C ^b   Ostroff, Linnaea ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spine; Development; Plasticity; Serial electron microscopy; Synapse; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037547168     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1254     Document Type: Article

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