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  2. Dendritic spine - Wikipedia

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    A dendritic spine (or spine) is a small membrane protrusion from a neuron's dendrite that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse.Dendritic spines serve as a storage site for synaptic strength and help transmit electrical signals to the neuron's cell body.

  3. Spinal disease - Wikipedia

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    There are many recognized spinal diseases, some more common than others. Spinal disease also includes cervical spine diseases, which are diseases in the vertebrae of the neck. A lot of flexibility exists within the cervical spine and because of that, it is common for an individual to damage that area, especially over a long period of time.

  4. Dendrodendritic synapse - Wikipedia

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    The study of dendrodendritic synapses in the olfactory bulb provided some early examples of ideas about neuronal organization relating to dendritic spines [4] One spine could serve as an input-output unit; One neuron could contain multiple dendritic spines; These spines are widely spaced, indicating some independent function

  5. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    of or pertaining to the spine, the vertebra: Greek σφόνδῠλος / σπόνδυλος (sphóndulos, spóndulos), the spine spondylitis: squamos(o)-denoting something as "full of scales" or "scaly" Latin squāmōsus, full of scales, scaly squamous cell-stalsis: contraction Greek στέλλω (stéllō), I dispatch, place, set peristalsis ...

  6. Apical dendrite - Wikipedia

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    An apical dendrite is a dendrite that emerges from the apex of a pyramidal cell. [1] Apical dendrites are one of two primary categories of dendrites, and they distinguish the pyramidal cells from spiny stellate cells in the cortices.

  7. Spine apparatus - Wikipedia

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    The spine apparatus’ ability to release calcium into the cytosol is thought to contribute to the development of synaptic plasticity. This was first shown in an experiment using synaptopodin(SP)-deficient mice, which do not show a spine apparatus in dendritic spines. [8] These SP-deficient mice showed a decrease in long-term potentiation (LTP ...

  8. Neuropil - Wikipedia

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    Alzheimer's is a neuropathological disease that is hypothesized to result from the loss of dendritic spines and/or deformation of these spines in the patient's frontal and temporal cortices. Researchers have tied the disease to a decrease in the expression of drebrin , a protein thought to play a role in long-term potentiation , meaning the ...

  9. Denticulate ligaments - Wikipedia

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    The bases of denticulate ligaments arise in the pia mater and are firmly attached to the arachnoid mater and dura mater at the apex. [2] The denticulate ligaments extend across the subarachnoid space between anterior nerve roots and posterior nerve roots, piercing the intervening spinal arachnoid mater to reach the dura.