Activity-dependent dendritic spine neck changes are correlated with synaptic strength

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 28, 2014, Pages

  Araya, Roberto ^a,b   Vogels, Tim P ^a,c   Yuste, Rafael ^a  

^a Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal dendrites; Neocortex; STDP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BASAL DENDRITES; NEOCORTEX; STDP;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NECK; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SPINE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84904304923     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321869111     Document Type: Article

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