Workings of the brain: After 100 years, understanding the electrical role of dendritic spines

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

More than a century after they were discovered, researchers still remain in the dark about the precise role of a neuron's dendritic spines. Researchers have recently gained valuable insight into their electrical properties.

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