Fine structure of synapses on dendritic spines

• Main Authors: Michael eFrotscher (Author), Daniel eStuder (Author), Werner eGraber (Author), Xuejun eChai (Author), Sigrun eNestel (Author), Shanting eZhao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Camillo Golgi's Reazione Nera led to the discovery of dendritic spines, small appendages originating from dendritic shafts. With the advent of electron microscopy (EM) they were identified as sites of synaptic contact. Later it was found that changes in synaptic strength were associated with ch...