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dendritic spine
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dendritic spine
n.
Any of various outgrowths of certain nerve-cell dendrites, ranging in shape from small knobs to thornlike or filamentous processes, that are preferential sites of synaptic axodendritic contact.
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Previous studies have shown that the importance of synapses and dendritic spines, the protrusions that allow communication between brain neurons, in learning and memory.
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Neuronal cell adhesion molecules "are critical in the development of the nervous system, contributing to axonal guidance, synaptic formation and plasticity, and neuronal-glial interactions," the researchers explained, while the ubiquitin-proteasome system "operates pre- and post-synaptic compartments, regulating synaptic attributes, including transmitter release, synaptic vesicle recycling in pre-synaptic terminals, and dynamic changes in dendritic spines and the post-synaptic density.
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Human memories are stored in the brain structure called the Hippocampus, and in neurons of our Dendritic Spines involved in the original memory synapse.
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