Dendritic Spines

✍ Scribed by Rafael Yuste

• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 292
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A leading neurobiologist explores the fundamental function of dendritic spines in neural circuits by analyzing different aspects of their biology, including structure, development, motility, and plasticity.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 17
2 Discovery......Page 25
3 Structure......Page 35
4 Molecules......Page 63
5 Development......Page 89
6 Motility......Page 119
7 Calcium......Page 149
8 Plasticity......Page 177
9 Physiology......Page 197
10 Computation......Page 213
References......Page 235
Source Notes......Page 269
Index......Page 271
Plates......Page 281