Random positions of dendritic spines in human cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 10078-10084

  Morales, Juan ^a   Benavides Piccione, Ruth ^b,c   Dar, Mor ^d   Fernaud, Isabel ^c   Rodríguez, Angel ^a   Anton Sanchez, Laura ^a   Bielza, Concha ^a   Larrañaga, Pedro ^a   DeFelipe, Javier ^b,c   Yuste, Rafael ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier; Intracellular injections; Lucifer; Pyramidal cells; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

4', 6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPINE LENGTH; SPINE VOLUME; SYNAPSE; VERY ELDERLY;

FOURIER; INTRACELLULAR INJECTIONS; LUCIFER; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITIC SPINES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 84904550486     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1085-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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